tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post2045708072278215864..comments2024-03-28T04:42:54.715-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: Book Review: Dirt To SoilToirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-80440514390345352342023-02-07T05:48:50.799-08:002023-02-07T05:48:50.799-08:00Thanks for letting me know Becki! I always love it...Thanks for letting me know Becki! I always love it when authors read their works.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-85645816972002761502023-02-06T20:03:48.602-08:002023-02-06T20:03:48.602-08:00TB, I just checked out the book on Hoopla and it i...TB, I just checked out the book on Hoopla and it is indeed read by Gabe Brown. Not far enough in to have an opinion, but I wanted to let you know that much.Beckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16940604077427078249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-52564206645492914142023-02-06T06:27:15.633-08:002023-02-06T06:27:15.633-08:00Leigh - I think this is due to a combination of Th...Leigh - I think this is due to a combination of The Enlightenment and The Industrial Revolution (neither of which I am expert on), which suggested that 1) Man, not God, was the source of all answers; 2) That technology, not Nature, was the solution to problems of Nature; and 3) That all progress is good progress. None of these have been shown to be true. <br /><br />To acknowledge God is to acknowledge there is something larger than us, something that may have authority over us. This, we cannot stand as a species. We would, as C.S. Lewis says, make mud pies when God offers us the delights of Heaven.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-44771698963707188602023-02-06T02:42:51.574-08:002023-02-06T02:42:51.574-08:00I think one reason people aren't asking the ri...I think one reason people aren't asking the right questions is because of something that has previously been discussed, i.e. they are more enamored with technology than with nature. Hence, they put great stock in the human ability to fix everything. The spiritual side of this is that Fallen Man wants to recreate everything in his own image. To acknowledge nature (God's creation) as the solution is to acknowledge God is the solution. I reckon this is why The Book ends the way it does.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-12390287414848192482023-02-04T12:51:11.086-08:002023-02-04T12:51:11.086-08:00Thank you Leigh.
I always feel validated now when...Thank you Leigh.<br /><br />I always feel validated now when I go to look at author's books to review or list of works cited and find a number of books I have read or own. Not sure that indicates anything other than I am reading the right things.<br /><br />Why are people not asking the right questions? That is probably worth a deeper dive, but I suspect it has to do with either 1) We are not bad off enough yet; or 2) We have not rediscovered the ability to think for ourselves and ask the right questions. Both are coming, I suspect.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-59148679785751267322023-02-04T02:49:42.626-08:002023-02-04T02:49:42.626-08:00Great review, TB. I've watched a lot of Gabe B...Great review, TB. I've watched a lot of Gabe Brown videos and think the book was an excellent move. One of those must-haves (print copy!) for every homestead library. That his concepts are echoed by other voices in the natural soil building arena is truly significant, I think, because it validates them. Here are the answers! The puzzlement is why more people aren't asking the right questions. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-8859545264656440052023-02-03T20:35:00.572-08:002023-02-03T20:35:00.572-08:00Ed, it has been pointed out that I am easily swaye...Ed, it has been pointed out that I am easily swayed for book suggestions. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-62463601582955369412023-02-03T20:34:15.473-08:002023-02-03T20:34:15.473-08:00Becki, I can see how that would create an "in...Becki, I can see how that would create an "interest" in doing so. <br /><br />I would be very curious who does the reading of the book. It would be great if Mr. Brown did.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-51658698106561629472023-02-03T09:40:31.573-08:002023-02-03T09:40:31.573-08:00My husband, having degrees that specialize in soil...My husband, having degrees that specialize in soils, has over the years created an appreciation and some interest in me on the topic. Enough, at least, that I drew a diagram of my garden last summer and plan to rotate my "crops". :) I see I can get the audio book free on Hoopla through my library. Going to check it out!Beckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16940604077427078249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-55942862571742752892023-02-03T06:18:57.660-08:002023-02-03T06:18:57.660-08:00I'm pretty sure this post is costing me money ...I'm pretty sure this post is costing me money as well! But thanks for the review TB!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-36561513202385970322023-02-03T06:02:15.217-08:002023-02-03T06:02:15.217-08:00Nylon12, I am mostly a victim of circumstance here...Nylon12, I am mostly a victim of circumstance here as Leigh is really the one that suggested it. I am merely held fast by the chains of information gathering - a prisoner, as it were.<br /><br />Thanks for the recommendation. I am working on finding ways that I can listen to such videos while walking or working out.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-72348278476055474312023-02-03T03:55:57.502-08:002023-02-03T03:55:57.502-08:00Dang, now this post is starting to cost me $$, it ...Dang, now this post is starting to cost me $$, it was bad enough when Sarge posted book titles now this........ :) If you haven't, I suggest trying Millennial Farmer on YouTube, his family has a farm in the west central part of my state. His videos really illustrate a modern farmers life and I have found them quite interesting. Yah, I know, more time drain for you.Nylon12noreply@blogger.com