What? Why is that?

Can wiki page names be changed or deleted? I haven't seen an option, but maybe they can.

I actually like the name for the same reason--we might as well decide ourselves what healthy means. However it does still carry over a little of its haughtiness from being used in hierarchical society.

That said, my proposal is calling it happiness.

Nevermind. It's The Nursery-Book by L.H. Bailey--old, so you should be able to find it online. It seems to be very detailed, with many simple methods people today either don't know or keep secret.

Not going to specify what it is (sorry), but an old book I found on plant propagation.

It depends on what you also did on Friday.

Just like choosing ice cream flavours: bergamot or poison hemlock. One is gentle, the other is harsh. In the end, it doesn't matter; it's just ice cream, and either way, you'll die sooner or later.

The aforementioned book: https://issuu.com/barryturner0/docs/tfbp-full-book-for-web?fbclid=IwAR0GDsMn2-KpvZVHVXQZhrmg10WeONcgDy9Th2-6ejDRonijr1XsW3dunt0

It seems interesting so far, but dense, and also quite male-centred, the latter of which I don't like. Maybe it will get better.

I have been liking reading academic texts because they tend to be focused on explaining phenomena rather than necessarily bringing them about; in this case, anarchy. And honestly, if they are at all worth reading. Practical knowledge arises from familiarity; you can read a whole book about controlling something, or what should be, while knowing close to nothing at the end, but a book full of simple descriptions can hardly be read without inviting a plethora of ideas.

Most of anarchism seems focused on ethical or practical arguments, which is understandable seeing as to real anarchy's paucity of representation. It is inevitable, I think, as anarchy is somewhat antithetical to the concept of the public, and global communications--but not necessarily desirable.

Sorry--I don't want to say anything negative about seitan as a food, because I am unfamiliar with it. I was reacting mostly to the expense or effort of making it. Diversity always! I imagine it is a good "propaganda" for some people, especially those who feel more drawn to veganism or vegetarianism from an ethical standpoint but like meat still. I'm of an in-between kind, because I stopped eating meat for about equal gustatory and ethical reasons, so I never felt a need to replace it with anything, as I was (or became) indifferent to it.

There are none.

Something to add: The departed bloodrose used to say that emotions tend to be telling us something important, and I have taken that to heart. Sometimes we misuse them, or fabricate them though. Cultural nostalgia (i.e. imagined collective pasts) are, if I can tell, examples of such fabrications, or convolutions of suffering into nostalgia, but I remember certain times and feel viscerally drawn to them--they are about the only times I feel nostalgic for, and I realise that is because it was the one time when I tasted real community and meaningful connection. They connect us to our desires, and if we are reflective and honest about them, we can learn a lot.

I find that it is a positive cycle: as I give more attention and respect to my dreams, in return they become more coherent, memorable, and insightful. Recently I have even had ideas during my dreams (often coming in the form of a gentle heavenly voice of some sort) that are far more coherent and useful than anything I think in waking. Almost like the dreams are a refuge within, for doing and thinking what we cannot in waking for our suffering.

I don't eat meat substitutes (or meat, for that matter) unless you count mushrooms. Especially polypores: a single hen of the woods, or a chicken of the woods log, can provide a great amount of food for no cost, that will last probably a week at least and are probably some of the healthiest foods there are. That said, they only grow in late summer and autumn, but hen mushrooms are very delicious pickled. Chicken mushrooms, we have never had enough to try. Chanterelles as well, will fruit all summer.

Aside from that, I sometimes feel the urge to scoff at the idea of a meat substitute as weakening the idea of avoiding animal products, the idea that you have to go through all of this cost and effort to substitute for something you don't want to eat. I highly doubt it looks any better from an omnivore perspective, and would encourage such a focus on whole grains and nuts, and other good things to eat.

As I remember you're further north, so I am not sure whether you have oak trees around, but red-oak group acorns are rather fatty and might be a good meat-ish food.

Edit. Nothing against seitan on its own, I haven't tried it and can't say for or against; that was all from a propaganda perspective.

I agree with the sentiment.

Sometimes people say things along these lines to say "look how well we have it these days!" It's disgusting, it invalidates the suffering people are going through in the present. I like how you phrase it, because it reminds us that neither that or the idea of the "good old days" is really true, that we (at least we who haven't been colonised or subjugated within our lifetimes) are living in a sort of hell and have been for a long while.

Maybe it is obvious, but one excerpt that stuck with me:

Expressive and outgoing, Tanya says that she and her flatmates practise “non-toxic living” by ensuring that everyone’s personal space is respected. “We all agreed that we’ll always ask permission to do things if we’re in the same room. For example, just because someone is here in the kitchen with me, doesn’t mean they feel like talking to me at the moment. I ask if they’re in the mood,” she explained.

These habits, Tanya stressed, are important in the context of shared living. She added that they “love” their duty roster, which stipulates their cleaning duties for the communal areas. Cohabiting has been surprisingly easy, the three women agreed, despite their initial apprehension about sharing a flat with unfamiliar housemates.

“We’ve never had any arguments, no serious conflicts,” Mira said with a laugh. “We treat one another well.”

Isn't that more of a valley experience?