Briarpatch Review, Issue 2, Page 6 (Messages)
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Letters to the editor from readers of “The Briarpatch Review.”
Preamble (Issue 3) Messages from the Briarpatch
One of the most rewarding aspects of publishing the Briarpatch Review is getting letters from Briars. Our readers write to us like friends--telling us how they feel and what they're doing--and the letters give such a warm feeling of community that reading one is like getting a hug. And of…
Delmer O. Gasche Morenci, Michigan
-people index The Whole Earth Catalog provided access to tools and was very successful. Now picture this: a catalog, maybe as large as the Last Whole Earth, but with names, addresses, telephone numbers of people. Okay? A very special telephone and address book. A telephone and address book providing access…
Chuck Missar Cottage Grove, Oregon
-cerro gordo new town A hit of happiness came my way the other day when a friend of mine lent me his copy of Briarpatch Review, Springtime, 1975. When I left Portola in February, it seemed that the Review had died an untimely and tragic death; now it's back! After…
Art D. Smith Dixon, Missouri
- livestock When someone begins trying to support himself on a subsistence farm, his first impulse is to acquire livestock. I believe that is a mistake. Because as soon as you get the animal home you are immediately faced with the multiple problems of feed, feed storage, shelter, and control…
Christine Thresh Santa Rosa, California
- do it! What you refer to as Right Livelihood, I've called a "heart-singing job." I have one (for the last four years). I've had really horrible times in my life when I've worried about money almost constantly and not had quite enough. Other times I've just gone ahead and…
Stephen Johnson Fort Collins, Colorado
- more on money Good day for reading The Seven Laws of Money / two hawks circling, then hovering still against the wind The book was an absolute delight, especially when I was viewing it from my role as an accountant. On this planet, the way we handle our money…
Preamble (Issue 2) Messages from the Briarpatch
The Briarpatch Review* is one of the workings of the Briarpatch network and we want to encourage an exchange of information with our readers. In a sense, this is a membership magazine--a publication which links up the people who practice Right Livelihood with the philosophy, experience and tools of…
Bob Wallace New World Computer Services, Seattle, Washington
As far as living joyfully in the cracks, may I suggest being a volunteer in medical research? I have been getting $25 a month for more than a year so far, testing a male birth control pill. Not only is this promoting some needed social change, it would probably cover…
Dan Barton Austin, Texas
Well, I'm sure you have heard the story about the man who was offered a pill guaranteed to make him smarter. When he remarked, on biting into it, that it was a sheep's pill, he was told, "See, you're getting smarter already." Ha-Ha. I feel a little like that man.…