Must Read Book...

ok, I got this book out of the library yesterday, I have been meaning to read it for a while. Anyways, I got it yesterday on my lunch break and I am already 100pgs through. That says something! I do ready but not usually that fast. Here it is:



It is a collection of essays:

• The Joy of Sales Resistance
• Conservation and Local Economy
• Out of your Car, Off your Horse
• Conservation is Good Work
• A Big Bad Idea
• The Problem of Tobacco
• Peaceableness towards Enemies
• Christianity and the Survival of Creation
• Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community

They are all very readable and not too long. I am already on the second last one, "Christianity and the Survival of Creation," and like I said I am only 100 pgs in.

If you have already read this book please post any comments you may have. If not head down to your local library!

Kingdom of Heaven (NOT the movie)

I have been thinking about life and thought I would share a thought with you all (and maybe even get some feedback...)

I really want land. I want to live a simple life: grow my own food, build a sustainable home, live in community, care for the people and plant/animal communities around me and teach others about making peace with creation.

Yesterday I was listening to a Mars Hill Sermon (April 22, 07) Rob Bell drove home the point that I have heard Rikk Watts say again and again. Heaven is not some place else, heaven is a redeeming of the earth. Heaven is coming here.

This got me thinking about my desires of caring for creation, living simply and living in community. If heaven is a restored and redeemed creation don't my current desires fit into that. Is is possible that dream is not a dream for my life right now, but rather an inner longing and dim reflection of a life that will be realized in all its fullness in heaven (i.e. a redeemed creation). And, that any sort of manifestation of that dream in this life is not a fulfilling of my desires, but rather a sign of the kingdom of heaven; obviously not perfect, but a dim reflection.

If this is the case, where does that leave me? What do I pursue? what do I strive for? How do I live my life in light of that?

My Exciting Thrift Store Find

Hurray, I have found a cheap sewing machine!! Time to perfect some of those skills I learned as a little girl.

Art from the Street

Painting #3 by Ronnie
(homeless artist from Boston)

Here is a painting that I found at a art sale, featuring homeless artists, in a downtown Boston in the community hall of a church.

Science Nerd meets Art in......

Erythronium gradiflorum in April

Here it is, how I spent my long weekend. When I looked at the final product I had to chuckle to myself; only a science/math/forestry tech would paint a picture of a flower and include in it the associated underground life.

A Weekend of Creating

This Easter long weekend has been a wonderful weekend of renewal and creating. and of course sharing an awesome meal with friends.

I will post a picture of my "very exciting" first acrylic painting tomorrow.

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Welcome to my House...

New never seen before pictures of inside Marta's home!!!

Self explanatory I should think:

Sorry for the mild blurriness, I can't get my portrait pictures to load normally

you are welcome to come visit if you don't mind sleeping on my futon.