Dear Folks: January 18, 1987
Dear Folks,
At the beginning of this new year, I should re-introduce Foundation Farm and the characters who live here, for the benefit of the many new subscribers to the Dana Meadows News Service, and for the amusement of the original subscribers, some of whom know us very well, many of whom have lived here or visited at one time or [...]
A Time of Death, a Time of Life
By Donella Meadows
–November 27, 1986–
The shepherd’s new year begins in November. That’s when we bring the sheep up from the pasture, butcher last spring’s lambs and turn the ram in with the ewes to start making next spring’s lambs. The record book closes on one cycle, and the next cycle begins.
I think of late fall as The Time When We [...]
Dear Folks: November 23, 1986
Dear Folks,
It’s late on a Sunday night and I’m too tired to be writing this. I just got back from a trip to Washington, interesting but draining. I came home to find only Dennis here, with a nice pot of lentil soup and a cabbage salad ready for me and the woodstoves all fired up and the chores all done. [...]
