Messages from the Briarpatch

- 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…

-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…

- 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…

- 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…

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…