Comments on: Pleasures http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/ Finding the keys to the future…and trying not to lose them in the mess. Thu, 24 May 2012 04:38:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cremas Faciales http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-46538 Cremas Faciales Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:38:14 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-46538 Have a great day!. Could you tell me the name of this design, or is it a special theme one? The reason I ask is that When I look at your RSS feed it seems to be just a lot of messed up text. Is the problem with your site, or mine? Could it be browser related? Anyone else having this same problem? Hair Loss Treatment Have a great day!. Could you tell me the name of this design, or is it a special theme one? The reason I ask is that When I look at your RSS feed it seems to be just a lot of messed up text. Is the problem with your site, or mine? Could it be browser related? Anyone else having this same problem? Hair Loss Treatment

]]> By: Mike Crosby http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12754 Mike Crosby Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:14:01 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12754 Just found your website. I'm looking forward to a lot of great reading. I think it's fascinating that more happiness can come with less. It's just the opposite of our culture. There is something very powerful to be learned. Especially with what the economy being what it is. I'm now in the process of building a "solar oven" and am anxious to put that in use. Just found your website.

I’m looking forward to a lot of great reading.

I think it’s fascinating that more happiness can come with less. It’s just the opposite of our culture.

There is something very powerful to be learned. Especially with what the economy being what it is.

I’m now in the process of building a “solar oven” and am anxious to put that in use.

]]> By: Sololeum http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12753 Sololeum Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:54:59 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12753 We are trying to use our rain water twice - for sewerage we installed a worm farm toilet system http://www.wormfarm.com.au/. We are in a cool climate and the normal composting toilet just did not work but with the A & A we will be able to pump out a pit and use it for fruit trees, compost piles and even a good watering of a garden bed either prior to or just after planting up... This way we get to have a little longer in the shower and can shower every night with a clear conscience!! We are trying to use our rain water twice – for sewerage we installed a worm farm toilet system http://www.wormfarm.com.au/.

We are in a cool climate and the normal composting toilet just did not work but with the A & A we will be able to pump out a pit and use it for fruit trees, compost piles and even a good watering of a garden bed either prior to or just after planting up…

This way we get to have a little longer in the shower and can shower every night with a clear conscience!!

]]> By: Fatima http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12752 Fatima Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:52:40 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12752 I'm using diet to control Gestational Diabetes. I never knew the delight a very small piece of bakery cake could contain until going without such sweet things for a few weeks. It may be worth keeping to the diet after the baby gets here just for such delight in the occasional treat. I love your article and agree that we appreciate things more when we have a bit less. I’m using diet to control Gestational Diabetes. I never knew the delight a very small piece of bakery cake could contain until going without such sweet things for a few weeks. It may be worth keeping to the diet after the baby gets here just for such delight in the occasional treat.

I love your article and agree that we appreciate things more when we have a bit less.

]]> By: Devin Quince http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12751 Devin Quince Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:38:25 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12751 Funny, I was just talking about this with my wife and some other MN homesteaders. I mentioned that when we go to the YMCA where my wife teaches Yoga and I visit the hot tub it seems so hot and soothing compared to last year. I think that keeping the house temp lower, taking less showers/bathes at high temps again makes things like the hot tub so much better. Funny, I was just talking about this with my wife and some other MN homesteaders. I mentioned that when we go to the YMCA where my wife teaches Yoga and I visit the hot tub it seems so hot and soothing compared to last year. I think that keeping the house temp lower, taking less showers/bathes at high temps again makes things like the hot tub so much better.

]]> By: Heather http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12750 Heather Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:08:38 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12750 Hi Steph, I don't know where on the East coast you are, but Mo's Fudge Factor* might make chocolate Easter eggs. They make all sorts of excellent chocolates, not just fudge. They are located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Contact info at their web site: <a href="http://www.mosfudgefactor.com/" rel="nofollow">Mo's Fudge Factor</a> *And yes, that "factor" not "factory" - the story of the name is at the web site. Hi Steph,

I don’t know where on the East coast you are, but Mo’s Fudge Factor* might make chocolate Easter eggs. They make all sorts of excellent chocolates, not just fudge. They are located in Shelburne Falls, MA.

Contact info at their web site:
Mo’s Fudge Factor

*And yes, that “factor” not “factory” – the story of the name is at the web site.

]]> By: Steph http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12749 Steph Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:22:01 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12749 OK- gotta ask this question about water and water usage...our new house is supplied most of its water by a spring and there will be a graywater system that will eventually deposit as much as we can back into the stream which is awfully close to the river (one that I wouldn't swim in or drink from since its 4 miles downstream from a huge paper mill). Given that the water is going to flow out of the rocks and down into the river anyway, other than the energy to heat it, does it really matter how much we pour over our bodies or our clothing or dishes, providing that we aren't sending it on laden with chemical ick? And is a wood fired hot tub better for the occasional soak than the recycled claw foot tub? Some form of privacy and soaking in hot water on a weekly basis is essential to my sanity- 6 kids still home and a husband gone for work half the time + fibromyalgia. The Easter chocolate issue - our basket is a family basket which comes to church to be blessed after the service. It contains the food from which we have (allegedly) fasted during Lent- meat, sausage, bacon, cheese, butter, traditional breads made with eggs and butter, plus the symbolic salt and horseradish; a bottle of wine, a candle. We order each child a filled chocolate egg with his or her name on it from Betty Jean Candies and that is it. Its the only time of year they see them and its a big, big deal because of that. We used to get them from Michelle's in Colorado Springs and there was much anxiety when we learned that Michelle's was shutting down. I'd love to find somewhere on the East coast that does them to cut down on shipping but this is a once-a-year family tradition that we will keep as long as we can. OK- gotta ask this question about water and water usage…our new house is supplied most of its water by a spring and there will be a graywater system that will eventually deposit as much as we can back into the stream which is awfully close to the river (one that I wouldn’t swim in or drink from since its 4 miles downstream from a huge paper mill). Given that the water is going to flow out of the rocks and down into the river anyway, other than the energy to heat it, does it really matter how much we pour over our bodies or our clothing or dishes, providing that we aren’t sending it on laden with chemical ick? And is a wood fired hot tub better for the occasional soak than the recycled claw foot tub? Some form of privacy and soaking in hot water on a weekly basis is essential to my sanity- 6 kids still home and a husband gone for work half the time + fibromyalgia.

The Easter chocolate issue – our basket is a family basket which comes to church to be blessed after the service. It contains the food from which we have (allegedly) fasted during Lent- meat, sausage, bacon, cheese, butter, traditional breads made with eggs and butter, plus the symbolic salt and horseradish; a bottle of wine, a candle. We order each child a filled chocolate egg with his or her name on it from Betty Jean Candies and that is it. Its the only time of year they see them and its a big, big deal because of that. We used to get them from Michelle’s in Colorado Springs and there was much anxiety when we learned that Michelle’s was shutting down. I’d love to find somewhere on the East coast that does them to cut down on shipping but this is a once-a-year family tradition that we will keep as long as we can.

]]> By: SurvivalTopics.com http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12748 SurvivalTopics.com Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:34:03 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12748 Reminds me of a story: A man visited the remote cabin of a trapper friend. The evening meal was placed upon the table: a platter of fresh salmon and a big pot of mustard. "That's all there is to eat?" asked the visitor. "Yep" replied the trapper with his mouth full. "But I don't like salmon!", exclaimed the hungry visitor. "Then Help yourself to the mustard". Reminds me of a story:

A man visited the remote cabin of a trapper friend. The evening meal was placed upon the table: a platter of fresh salmon and a big pot of mustard.

“That’s all there is to eat?” asked the visitor.

“Yep” replied the trapper with his mouth full.

“But I don’t like salmon!”, exclaimed the hungry visitor.

“Then Help yourself to the mustard”.

]]> By: Abbie http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12747 Abbie Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:49:40 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12747 "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”

]]> By: The Joy of Being Frugal | Food Renegade http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12746 The Joy of Being Frugal | Food Renegade Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:23:16 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/01/02/pleasures-2/#comment-12746 [...] Here’sSharon Astyk’s take on it: I am by nature no ascetic - I like my pleasures - I like to eat, [...] [...] Here’sSharon Astyk’s take on it: I am by nature no ascetic – I like my pleasures – I like to eat, [...]

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