In keeping with the Wendell Berry theme on this blog lately, here’s a provocative paragraph from the essay “The Agrarian Standard” in Citizenship Papers: Industrialism prescribes an economy that is placeless and displacing. It does not distinguish one place from another. It applies its methods and technologies indiscriminately in the American East and the American … Read more →
One of the things that struck me as I was watching the Canadian English-language leaders debate this past Thursday was the amount of attention given to environmental issues. Although this was encouraging (and producing of condescending smirks towards our southerly neighbours), I was also uneasy about the particular focus on the oil sands in Alberta … Read more →
My last week has been spent constructing an addition to our kitchen. We have precious little counter space, making cooking difficult, yet a fair bit of dead space in our kitchen. Solution? Build a peninsula counter/bar to serve as a counter with additional bar-style seating to serve as a breakfast nook/work area. The initiative on … Read more →
Well then, I’m writing this as I take a break from the head-bashing-inducing fun of writing a 2500 word philosophy essay in 24 hours that I should have spent the past week working on, but didn’t. I’m comparing the philosophical views of Albert Camus’ The Plague, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Douglas Coupland’s Shampoo Planet and … Read more →