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Sharon December 3rd, 2009

Yet again, I come to you asking for recommendations to improve the Bibliography of the AIP book.  So tell me – what are your favorite garden books? 

Sharon

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Sharon November 4th, 2009

Hi Folks – Way back a long time ago I mentioned that the forthcoming AIP book needs an updated and improved bibliography, and noted I’d be asking for your help.  You all came through with a great list of cookbooks, and now I’m getting back to the writing, and it is time to do some other topics. 

So tell me – what are the best books you’ve seen about ecologically sound, low impact building, insulating, home repairs and woodworking?  Got some favorites?  Please list author and title and why you think it is worth having.  This is an area where I particularly need some help – the last time I did any major research was almost 8 years ago, so I’ve probably missed a lot of new material. 

Thanks so much!

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Sharon October 8th, 2009

I have a secret to tell you all – some people think I’m a little wordy.  Shhhh…don’t tell anyone.  I have no idea why people think this – more particularly, my editor.  Just because I sent her a manuscript that was a few words (no more than 20K) over the contracted number…. some people.

Anyway, in editing down _Independence Days_, I had to take out a lot of the links in the back of the book – or rather, for a long time I made a page and promised that I’d actually do something about it eventually.  Well, the book is now out, and it says that you can go to my site so I finally put them up at the top of my site on the “Food Preservation and Storage Link Vault” page.

I haven’t tested all the links and I’m sure there are good ones I’m missing – please feel free to add them in comments, or to email me using the contact form or at jewishfarmer@gmail.com if you notice a broken link or have a good reference for me to include.  And I hope this helps!

Sharon

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Sharon September 22nd, 2009

Ok, you’d think that the third time around, it’d be old hat to receive the first copy of your book, but it isn’t.  Not to mention that this one has by far the most awesome cover image – I’m mentally composing a recipe for pickles that look just like this.

 Ok, I’m psyched.  Heres’s the cover photo, btw, if you want to see it: http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/4048

 Sharon, staring at shiny pretty object, while the raspberries she just picked are being neglected.

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Sharon June 16th, 2009

Read it yourself and find out: http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2009/06/definancialisation-deglobalisation.html, and if you haven’t already, go read his book.

 I should not admit this on the internet, but I got asked to blurb _Reinventing Collapse_ and after reading it, I sent to our shared editor my real blurb (which is on the book if you actually care) and the one that I didn’t want her to publish, which was “After reading this, I’d do Orlov.”  I still can’t figure out why they didn’t put that on the back cover.

Now I wouldn’t actually, since I’m married and he’s married and I’d never even met him at that point, and even after I did, it wasn’t that kind of meeting, and it was really more of a metaphor…well, you get the point.  But smart and funny are always attractive, and Dmitry Orlov is so smart and so funny that it is well…kind of hot to a certain kind of over-intellectual peak oil geek.  (As Sharon prays rapidly under her breath that he doesn’t actually ever read this, but she’s always said that the peak oil movement needs more salacious gossip if it is ever going to attract critical membership mass,  so I guess I’m embarassing myself for a good cause )

Anyway, all of this is just a long way of saying “Orlov wrote another really fabulous thing – go read it.”  I should probably just stop talking now .

 Sharon

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