Comments on: Thousandth Post Retrospective http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/ Finding the keys to the future…and trying not to lose them in the mess. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:26:03 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Calum McFarlane http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21600 Calum McFarlane Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:34:21 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21600 Hi Sharon I came to your blog through reading RoE2 where I saw some of your comments on, for example, what to feed chickens on and thought "This woman seems terribly sure of herself, I wonder how she knows so much?" :-) In a way you helped me to move on from the horrible panic and fear stage of learning about Peak Oil and related matters, to a more accepting state of mind - there are things that can be done, there are people who are doing these things, so all is not utterly hopeless. Your faith in what you are doing, in it being the right thing to do regardless of Hubberts Peak and everything else has also made me reconsider my own consumption and use of resources, and my own motivations for changing how I live. I'm an atheist and a humanist but I can recognise a moral leader when I see one. (A final point of clarification from a UK reader - there isn't a London Guardian, there's only "The Guardian" - it's a national newspaper (published in London and Manchester, but that's incidental). The majority of the big newspapers in the UK are national - The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian and if I must, the Daily Mail and the Sun, amongst others. So actually it makes Mr Monbiot arguing with you an even bigger honour! Here's hoping the internet stays up long enough to let you get to 2000 :) Best wishes, Calum Hi Sharon

I came to your blog through reading RoE2 where I saw some of your comments on, for example, what to feed chickens on and thought “This woman seems terribly sure of herself, I wonder how she knows so much?” :-)

In a way you helped me to move on from the horrible panic and fear stage of learning about Peak Oil and related matters, to a more accepting state of mind – there are things that can be done, there are people who are doing these things, so all is not utterly hopeless. Your faith in what you are doing, in it being the right thing to do regardless of Hubberts Peak and everything else has also made me reconsider my own consumption and use of resources, and my own motivations for changing how I live. I’m an atheist and a humanist but I can recognise a moral leader when I see one.

(A final point of clarification from a UK reader – there isn’t a London Guardian, there’s only “The Guardian” – it’s a national newspaper (published in London and Manchester, but that’s incidental). The majority of the big newspapers in the UK are national – The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian and if I must, the Daily Mail and the Sun, amongst others. So actually it makes Mr Monbiot arguing with you an even bigger honour!

Here’s hoping the internet stays up long enough to let you get to 2000 :)

Best wishes,
Calum

]]> By: Blog On! http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21599 Blog On! Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:44:12 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21599 The best of writing time as you turn to a fresh new blog page tomorrow, Sharon. And, especially, thank you for your straightforward courage that helps us explore the issues of our time in your thoughtfully brilliant way. You know the way. Now, rise and shine! All the best, Danielle :) Tucson, Arizona The best of writing time as you turn to a fresh new blog page tomorrow, Sharon. And, especially, thank you for your straightforward courage that helps us explore the issues of our time in your thoughtfully brilliant way.

You know the way. Now, rise and shine!

All the best,

Danielle :)
Tucson, Arizona

]]> By: Central_PA_Chris http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21598 Central_PA_Chris Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:56:05 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21598 Excellent job Sharon. You and the work you do by sharing of your thoughts and experiences are very much appreciated. I've only been following for a year or two, but I'll be looking forward to the next 1000 posts. Chris Excellent job Sharon. You and the work you do by sharing of your thoughts and experiences are very much appreciated. I’ve only been following for a year or two, but I’ll be looking forward to the next 1000 posts.

Chris

]]> By: Greg Jeffers http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21597 Greg Jeffers Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:58:15 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21597 Well Sharon, I would certainly miss your peculiar genius should you decide to call it quits. I desperately hope that you have many thousands more posts left in you. May your pen never rust! Greg Jeffers Well Sharon, I would certainly miss your peculiar genius should you decide to call it quits. I desperately hope that you have many thousands more posts left in you.

May your pen never rust!

Greg Jeffers

]]> By: MEA http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21596 MEA Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:58:07 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21596 What a milestone! Or I should say, what milestones. I'm glad I've give back a little, as your writing as give me a lot of strength, ideas (the bale of straw in the empty compost bin wee-a-torium, was the latest) and lots and ltos of laughts. And comfort -- the comfort of knowing that however bleak things seem, I have the company of you and your family and your readers. My fav post is "The Great Sock Rant of ' 05." What a milestone! Or I should say, what milestones.

I’m glad I’ve give back a little, as your writing as give me a lot of strength, ideas (the bale of straw in the empty compost bin wee-a-torium, was the latest) and lots and ltos of laughts. And comfort — the comfort of knowing that however bleak things seem, I have the company of you and your family and your readers.

My fav post is “The Great Sock Rant of ‘ 05.”

]]> By: Kylie http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21595 Kylie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:47:15 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21595 Hi Sharon, Congratulations on your 1000th post! I just found your blog yesterday through Ethicurean and have just spent way too many hours reading it when I should be writing my end of term papers. I thought I'd introduce myself because you seem to live right around where I grew up, (in West Edmeston, near Cooperstown.) After I graduate from school in the city in May, (I'm a 38 year old returning student for my bachelor's) I'll be moving back to that area and farming with my parents on their dairy farm. At tht point I'll probably write again and see if you have good advice for local and supportive farm organizations or other groups that might be of interest. I'm looking forward to getting to know you on the blog, and I have to say, you're a fabulous writer and a real inspiration. Thanks! Looking forward to the next 1000 posts and I'll pick up your books over break. Kylie Hi Sharon, Congratulations on your 1000th post! I just found your blog yesterday through Ethicurean and have just spent way too many hours reading it when I should be writing my end of term papers. I thought I’d introduce myself because you seem to live right around where I grew up, (in West Edmeston, near Cooperstown.) After I graduate from school in the city in May, (I’m a 38 year old returning student for my bachelor’s) I’ll be moving back to that area and farming with my parents on their dairy farm. At tht point I’ll probably write again and see if you have good advice for local and supportive farm organizations or other groups that might be of interest. I’m looking forward to getting to know you on the blog, and I have to say, you’re a fabulous writer and a real inspiration.
Thanks! Looking forward to the next 1000 posts and I’ll pick up your books over break.
Kylie

]]> By: gen http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21594 gen Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:07:23 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21594 Even though we are both female and moms, I don't know that I have a whole lot in common with you. And lately I have only managed be on your site about once a month, reading a couple of blogs. I will never catch up. I do have one of your books that hopefully I will get to read it after the holidays and before the garden starts back up. I did want to add my thanks to you for taking your time to educate and entertain. I don't even remember how I stumbled upon your blog, but I am glad it happened. Gen Even though we are both female and moms, I don’t know that I have a whole lot in common with you. And lately I have only managed be on your site about once a month, reading a couple of blogs. I will never catch up. I do have one of your books that hopefully I will get to read it after the holidays and before the garden starts back up.
I did want to add my thanks to you for taking your time to educate and entertain. I don’t even remember how I stumbled upon your blog, but I am glad it happened.

Gen

]]> By: Lisa Z http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21593 Lisa Z Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:51:38 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21593 I also don't remember how I came upon the Riot for Austerity and, therefore, your writing. You have certainly changed my life and the way I live it. And although it gave me an attack of anxiety and I have had to learn to put what you say, and all the new realities we live in, aside at times in order to survive mentally healthily, I appreciate what you have to say very much. The variety you speak of, which in my mind makes you more real than someone who writes only on one topic or one level, say, scientifically or religiously or politically, is what makes me come back to your blog all the time. I too appreciate your religious point of view. I suspect we are similar in our religiosity, though you are Jewish and I'm Christian, in that it is deep within us and something we really can't help being. Religion/spirituality, esp. of the Judeo-Christian tradition, is so not taken seriously in our culture. (And there are some very good reasons for that--for example the caricature that some Christians have made of Jesus.) And that makes me happier still to read the writings of a serious and seriously religious person like myself. I'm looking forward to the next thousand! Lisa Z I also don’t remember how I came upon the Riot for Austerity and, therefore, your writing. You have certainly changed my life and the way I live it. And although it gave me an attack of anxiety and I have had to learn to put what you say, and all the new realities we live in, aside at times in order to survive mentally healthily, I appreciate what you have to say very much. The variety you speak of, which in my mind makes you more real than someone who writes only on one topic or one level, say, scientifically or religiously or politically, is what makes me come back to your blog all the time.

I too appreciate your religious point of view. I suspect we are similar in our religiosity, though you are Jewish and I’m Christian, in that it is deep within us and something we really can’t help being. Religion/spirituality, esp. of the Judeo-Christian tradition, is so not taken seriously in our culture. (And there are some very good reasons for that–for example the caricature that some Christians have made of Jesus.) And that makes me happier still to read the writings of a serious and seriously religious person like myself.

I’m looking forward to the next thousand!

Lisa Z

]]> By: Shamba http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21592 Shamba Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:08:41 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21592 Have you really been blogging for 5 years? I only found you in 2007 or something. I love the climate change and peak oil and other nonfood issues that you comment on but it's the food issues that kept me coming back. I found I was interested in food issues and cooking and most important, trying new things again. :) Mazel tov on the 1000th post and Maze tov for the new blog! (I thought that was the proper word to use in congratulating you.! Peace to you and all of us, Shamba Have you really been blogging for 5 years? I only found you in 2007 or something.
I love the climate change and peak oil and other nonfood issues that you comment on but it’s the food issues that kept me coming back. I found I was interested in food issues and cooking and most important, trying new things again. :)

Mazel tov on the 1000th post and Maze tov for the new blog! (I thought that was the proper word to use in congratulating you.!

Peace to you and all of us,
Shamba

]]> By: Greenpa http://sharonastyk.com/2009/12/04/thousandth-post-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-21591 Greenpa Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:09:00 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/?p=1542#comment-21591 Yes? So? And where are the NEXT 1,000 posts please?? Get to work! :-) We're all salivating, out here. Yes? So? And where are the NEXT 1,000 posts please??

Get to work!
:-)

We’re all salivating, out here.

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