tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post4106009953921327936..comments2023-04-24T09:36:27.739-05:00Comments on Off the Grid in Minneapolis: Grief and AngerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-42547484097428192102012-07-30T11:54:43.693-05:002012-07-30T11:54:43.693-05:00Actually doomstead diner is excellent. Guess I sho...Actually doomstead diner is excellent. Guess I shouldn't cherrypick the comments and read the essays. My attention span is not what it used to be though. lol.Tim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-18131181990787300752012-07-25T10:50:14.664-05:002012-07-25T10:50:14.664-05:00A rather simplistic thought, but a thought none th...A rather simplistic thought, but a thought none the less. Just trying to think of synchronicities. I don't think he leaves until October.Tim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-76927062395455177372012-07-25T07:56:58.960-05:002012-07-25T07:56:58.960-05:00Tim,
Thanks. A nice reference. I'll look into...Tim,<br /><br />Thanks. A nice reference. I'll look into it.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-25140052205392727712012-07-24T22:58:18.661-05:002012-07-24T22:58:18.661-05:00hmmm. Do you know the Mississippi Market food co-o...hmmm. Do you know the Mississippi Market food co-op in ST.Paul? My nephew works there in produce (as did his father, my brother, back in the day). Anyway, he's moving to Uraguay to be an organic campesino for an open ended time. Maybe MM will need somebody when he leaves? Just a thought. TimTim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-59182924681885948582012-07-24T16:57:36.345-05:002012-07-24T16:57:36.345-05:00At this point, anything that pays $11/hr or more, ...At this point, anything that pays $11/hr or more, as long as I am not working for an ass, and it isn't a dangerous abuse of my time. I've worked in corporate, warehouse, industrial, retail and construction environments, I've owned my own business, I have managed others with as many as 25 employees. Not much I can't do, but fix computers and such.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-55656050556214346802012-07-24T16:48:30.187-05:002012-07-24T16:48:30.187-05:00What kind of job are you looking for?What kind of job are you looking for?Tim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-72634664058050122802012-07-24T09:39:13.404-05:002012-07-24T09:39:13.404-05:00Tim,
I ran with the battle for awhile, but I can&...Tim,<br /><br />I ran with the battle for awhile, but I can't keep up with those guys. I love it over there, they've been very good to me, but it can get exhausting, the back and forth, arriving at nothing. I'm resolved to step in when I can, and as clearly as I can, but more right now I'm focused on what tangible things I can do in the terrestrial world, like getting a job and preparing for winter in this house, and whatever else is coming...<br /><br />Thanks for everything.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-85996489903911148172012-07-24T02:24:16.271-05:002012-07-24T02:24:16.271-05:00Oh, I guess it is cool he put out that "Brazo...Oh, I guess it is cool he put out that "Brazos". I hope some needed funds are comin' your way!Tim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-11957176898085845032012-07-24T02:20:05.057-05:002012-07-24T02:20:05.057-05:00Hello WHD, How're ya doing? Wow I just discove...Hello WHD, How're ya doing? Wow I just discovered that doomstead downer ,er...diner LOL. Too many people "flaming" and "napalming" each other in the comments section.I think you should "Rise Above", in the words of the great Henry Rollins and Black Flag, the comments section over there and concentrate on this beloved (by us readers)blog. Sincerely, Tim PS, another donation comin' yer way.Tim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-6476467739055568162012-07-21T15:00:05.053-05:002012-07-21T15:00:05.053-05:00Jason,
Sounds like you have a constructive way of ...Jason,<br />Sounds like you have a constructive way of seeing things! Sorry for your loss.<br /><br />WHD, <br />I'd rather not shoot the skunks, they help kill voles and mice. Not only that, but killing them would be some thanks for helping take care of my grub problem!<br /><br />I since built a fence out of shipping pallets and scrap lumber to keep the skunks out. I'm happy with the fence, I plan on building raised beds on either side of it and using the crates to support climbers. I still have to figure out how to get rid of these damn grubs... You know what, to hell with it. The skunks stay!<br /><br />I've since learned that moth balls around a perimeter will keep them out with the pungent odor. Making your property smell like industrial toxins is always a surefire tactic to keeping out living things.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924326177370725150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-54409468339817858472012-07-21T07:32:13.024-05:002012-07-21T07:32:13.024-05:00Justin,
As my friend Snake is fond of saying, fea...Justin,<br /><br />As my friend Snake is fond of saying, fear is a bodily response to danger that says, "be awake." Worries about collapsing relationships are more like a low grade terror, which we tend to impose on ourselves. I think that too stems from our collective refusal as a culture to face mortality.<br /><br />As to the skunks, you can shoot them. That may be about the only answer to your dillema, I suspect. Are they stripping the trees of leaves? If they are you might be helping the trees too, assuming the skunks are too many for the current carrying capacity of your area. You might try buying chili powder in bulk, and spreading it on the soil around your plants, but that might get expensive. Otherwise, a giant cage, but unless there is a bunch of sufficient fencing available as scrap, that'll be expensive too. Electrify a smaller fence with a car battery?<br /><br />No expectations at all, on donations.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-16775439158018270662012-07-20T20:06:29.917-05:002012-07-20T20:06:29.917-05:00In my own depths, I've found that what is behi...In my own depths, I've found that what is behind anger is fear. My chain reaction is to become afraid, then get angry. However, I've come to recognize that I can be afraid and calm rather than angry. When I am in that state, I can clearly state what I am afraid of. Usually, merely saying it out loud dispels the fear completely. I 'snap' out of it. Most of the time, I've found myself unable to say the thought out loud. That works too, if the fear is so irrational that I can't bring myself to vocalize it, then I can no longer bring myself to fear it either.<br /><br />I've asked stuff like, "Did you stop loving me last Tuesday?"<br /><br />Sorry for such a personal example, but there's not a lot of examples aside from personal fears to use illustratively. I did use to get angry at drivers that harassed me on my bicycle, but then I realized I was just afraid of being hurt or killed, and that's not something to really afraid of. In both cases, if it happens, you deal with it and its not so bad. <br /><br />You know enough of my story so as not to have to make excuses for the lack of donations.<br /><br />P.S. On several occasions here, I've found plants dug completely up in my garden. I've lost an heirloom tomato and several peppers. Here is my theory: the skunks that live in the tree line nearby are responsible, the ground has been so hot and dry, so the only place they are finding grubs is where I am watering. We've also had several sightings of skunk near the garden. Any experience or advice on how to degrub my soil with the plants still in it without exchanging a grub problem for a carcinogen problem?Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924326177370725150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-90549421023349508432012-07-20T09:42:05.839-05:002012-07-20T09:42:05.839-05:00Jason,
Delivered in a shopping bag, wow.
I butte...Jason,<br /><br />Delivered in a shopping bag, wow.<br /><br />I butted heads yesterday with my living father, who has never seen me but through the prism of his conventional nature, who has never made an effort to know me. It was not pleasant; he is the one person in this world I have a difficult time standing up to. <br /><br />I think your father, if he could, would appreciate what you did, and what you have become, if his eyes have been opened.<br /><br />Thank you for the gift. It was very generous. Blessings, with gratitude,<br /><br />HunterWilliam Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-16347324223162281002012-07-20T02:27:37.976-05:002012-07-20T02:27:37.976-05:00Hey William,
This post about anger and forgivenes...Hey William,<br /><br />This post about anger and forgiveness resonates strongly with me right now. On Tuesday I got a fashionable-looking shopping bag delivered containing a plastic jar in which was about 3 pounds of ashes. Those ashes were my own father, who spent much of his life, as I saw it, bullying and cajoling me into conforming to his view of the world.<br /><br />How strange and unnerving it was to see this man who had exerted so much influence over my life reduced to some grey powder in a shopping bag!<br /><br />I drove deep into a forest where we used to take holidays when I was a child and found the largest and most ancient oak tree in that forest and scattered his ashes at the base. As I did so I felt a profound sense of gratitude flowing through me for the gifts my father has bestowed on me. I also felt grief - not just because he was dead - but grief because of all the wasted years we had spent butting heads. At the end of it all I realised we were just the same, cut from the same cloth, but grew up in different times and with different influences tugging at our conscious minds. It's impossible not to forgive him for being tough on me - he turned me into a tough individual, which is probably the best gift anyone could have given me for the times we face right now.<br /><br />Anyway, he was also a wealthy man, so I've put a little something your way via Paypal to say thanks for writing your blog. It's not too much but hopefully it will help a little bit.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />JasonJason Heppenstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886109260870545074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-16789134488470220652012-07-19T23:13:34.237-05:002012-07-19T23:13:34.237-05:00A,
Thanks for the advice. The donation button is ...A,<br /><br />Thanks for the advice. The donation button is actually at my website, www.WilliamHunterDuncan.com there is also a link on the left column of the blog page.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-23211225349125850222012-07-19T21:37:03.794-05:002012-07-19T21:37:03.794-05:00Re: condemnation of your house
You must speak to ...Re: condemnation of your house<br /><br />You must speak to some free legal aid attorneys in your city..... There are usually ways of at least delaying the process, sometimes with something as simple as a written letter. also try publishing the specific facts of your case, see if anyone else can solicit advice from a RE attorney. Not the best way to do it, I know, but anything helps right? i'm sure people here and DD would keep it anonymous if you wanted.<br /><br />I don't see a donate button anywhere on this site... where is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-75153711192956232162012-07-19T12:37:43.547-05:002012-07-19T12:37:43.547-05:00Nick,
Just knowing you're out there is hearte...Nick,<br /><br />Just knowing you're out there is heartening to me. Much to small, nothin! I will check in with you at DD. <br /><br />manray,<br /><br />No such thing as paltry. My gratitude. I will check out the film and get back to you.<br /><br />JDW,<br /><br />I hear ya, brother. I was looking at job opportunities on Craigslist today and I was like, this is one sick mfing culture. Hard not to keep those reservoirs from fillin' back up again. There's enough info out there to drown us all. As for the dough, maybe back at ya someday. Thank you.<br /><br /><br />et al - Reading these comments, it's clear, a paradigm is coming to an end, practically everybody living effectively alone. Soon it may be time to take back the land. Prepare yourself.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-27900709101099224022012-07-19T12:26:24.260-05:002012-07-19T12:26:24.260-05:00I made a small donation on your website. I wish I...I made a small donation on your website. I wish I could do more, but I am seriously insolvent and headed towards bankruptcy myself.<br /><br />I hate to say it, but my reservoirs are overflowing again. I'm not sure whether I just didn't drain them fully the first time or whether they refilled. And by far most of it is self-directed. I had three decades to prepare and still came up woefully short.John D. Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203607452410210779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-78694059408639086922012-07-19T11:13:18.401-05:002012-07-19T11:13:18.401-05:00Good stuff. Just starting to get into your book. G...Good stuff. Just starting to get into your book. Greatly enjoy your blog. Sorry for the hassles with the city and the home ownership debacle. I can relate.<br /><br />I contributed a paltry amount to help. Wish I could do more.<br /><br />Also, I am wondering if you would be interested in screening a film there? Perhaps you could accept donations. The film is here:<br />http://www.fuguestatefilms.co.uk/knox/<br /><br />I screened this in Austin, Texas last year. The filmmakers are looking to get the word out. It's a funny, inspiring and insightful film. If you are interested email me: greg@raytracer.com<br /><br />Thanks for doing what you do.<br /><br /><br />gmanrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935320135472498312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-15839581174864967632012-07-19T10:43:56.607-05:002012-07-19T10:43:56.607-05:00I apologize but admit I am in too much of a rush t...I apologize but admit I am in too much of a rush to comment on a great post. I just dropped by to make a much too small donation and wish you<br />good luck with your housing situation WHD. <br />Also I have some thoughts on developing a new type of doomstead that may interest you. If you like send me a PM at DDer and I'll fill you in.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517669370625553926noreply@blogger.com