An Ode to the Cow and the Milk
By Donella Meadows
–January 25, 2001—-
Years ago, when I went out to my new chicken house and found the very first freshly laid egg, I stared at it in awe. “How did that hen DO that?” I wondered. She takes in grain and bugs and kitchen scraps and turns them into an EGG! Shell on the outside, white and yolk on [...]
Dear Folks: November 26, 2000
Hi, Dear Folks!
Sunday after Thanksgiving, all is quiet. Stephen and Kerry are at the dining room table reading the Sunday paper and petting their cats. Baroque music is playing on the radio. Marsha is not back yet from her holiday visit to her mother in New York. Jan is in San Diego with Ellen. Sourdough bread is rising in the [...]
Dear Folks: October 29, 2000
Dear Folks,
Such a huge difference around here, from the end of September to the end of October! When I last wrote, everything was green, the gardens were full of flowers, we ran outdoors without putting on a jacket, I was complaining because it was light for only 12 hours a day.
Now as I write this there’s a light covering of [...]
Let’s Stop Racing Each Other And Go For Bear Instead
by Donella Meadows
— September 7, 2000 —
I’ve heard the joke about the bear before, and so, probably, have you. Two guys are sitting outside their tent in a forest campsite when they see a huge angry bear charging toward them. One starts lacing up his running shoes. The other says, “Are you crazy? You’ll never outrun that bear!” The first [...]
Dear Folks: August 27, 2000
Dear Folks,
YES! The bulldozers are rolling!
It’s been an amazing, nonstop, exciting month. Groundbreaking day turned out to be Monday morning, August 14, two weeks ago. After all we had gone through to get to that point, and after so many postponements, and after the breathtaking last-minute coming together of the essential elements (especially the Act 250 permit), we had no [...]
