Week13: Smokin’ Peace With Penny
I spent the first half of this week running around with Penny, touring places and snapping photos. Penny says she wished we would have worked on more primitive skills together, that it would have felt nice to have more time together for those things. I thought, “Well, how long do we have together? How often will we see each other? This seems like a photo opportunity!” So we took lots of photos.
We also went fishing and Penny caught a little guy. We cooked it at her parents house. It tasted like a fish. We also drank a shit ton of sweet fern tea (which actually has no relation to ferns).
We went to Pittsburgh and met up with Jason and Guili from Anthropik for lunch and a movie (I’ll post my review in a few days). Oh, and thanks again for buying me and Penny lunch, Jason!
My plane ride sucked! I don’t know if I’ll ever travel again. My plane could not take off due to weather conditions in Chicago. So I ended up sleeping on the floor of the Pittsburgh airport.
Emily and I definately had romance. Unfortunately, in another great ironic twist, what defines each of us which brought us together, will also keep us apart: we have so many similar characteristics, not excluding our bioregional extremism. Neither one of us will ever willingly leave our place. Not even for love! That’s how much each of us loves the land we live on. Though she plans to visit me out here in October. So expect more photos of us!
For now, enjoy this montage:
Emily Picks Me Up, Birch bark/Charcoal Airport Sign
Post Apocalyptic Fantasy
She Drives Me Crazy!
Yet Another Post Apocalyptic Fantasy
Okay! And now we have time for…
URBAN SCOUT’S WEEKLY LAUNDRY LIST!!!
Since I set no real goals for this week, I won’t go through the list. Instead, I’ll set some goals for next week:
Goals for Week14:
1. Burn Bowl
2. Garden at Moms
3. Practice Archery
4. Begin Pine Needle Quiver
5. Set a dead fall trap for a squirrel
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Hey there, I don’t know what you think about growing gourds for bowls, but just though I would let you know about it, since you are talking about gardening…
You can also grow gourds to be used as ladles/spoons, and much more. You probably already know all this but just thought I would share! You can also grow gourds for your very own loofah sponge!
http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_center/product_details.asp?item_no=S10743
http://www.amybond.com/definegourd.htm
I also want to work on getting a group together to learn how to make baskets out of natural fibers like blackberry, honeysucle, and ivy vines! Any info on that?!
-emily
If you care about such things, Seeds of Change is owned by Mars (as in the huge junk food manufacturer).
http://www.organicfoodee.com/lifestyle/seedsofchange.html
Well Urban looks like you had a great adventure irregardless of the outcome. I’ll betray my age and say I’ve had a similar desire to abondon modern society for the last 25 years. As a teen I was attracted to the whole right wing para-military bunker culture but never figured I could afford it so I just stayed a Gen X slacker. For over a decade I developed intrests that varied between neo-primitive and practical backwoods skills. I’m still a neophyte on the upward slope of the learning curve but I imagine I can overcome it in time.
You shouldn’t overlook resouces like dumpster diving and metal working. If things do collapse the remains of civilization should be reused. Primitive blacksmithing is an option. Nice tools can be made from old truck springs. I have enough metal working skills, that if I desired to attempt it I could make a fuctional flintlock musket.
Anyway keep up the good work. Your blog is an ispiration to those of us who once sought a similar path but have lagged behind.
Sincerely, some old fart in Texas
Dear Urban Scout,
YOUR BLOG SUCKS.
-Penny’s Mom
Just kidding. Is it funny yet? Come on. It’s funny.
Yeah it hasn’t been telling me the comment is awaiting approval…that must be confusing to people.
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