Comments for Hospitality for the Coming Age http://www.annalisagross.com Sharing in the Midst of Scarcity Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:36:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Winter Salsa by adrienne http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=477#comment-7806 adrienne Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:53:11 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=477#comment-7806 ooooh, nom nom nom. you are so good. ooooh, nom nom nom. you are so good.

]]> Comment on Winter Salsa by anna lisa gross http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=477#comment-7787 anna lisa gross Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:50:06 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=477#comment-7787 Yesterday I decided cilantro would be a great addition to the salsa, and when I "went shopping" at a grocery store's dumpster, there it was! Canned a bunch of salsa last night - quite delicious. Yesterday I decided cilantro would be a great addition to the salsa, and when I “went shopping” at a grocery store’s dumpster, there it was!
Canned a bunch of salsa last night - quite delicious.

]]> Comment on Local coffeeshops by Amy http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=472#comment-7594 Amy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:52:38 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=472#comment-7594 Yes! I'm ready. I'm thinking something rather warehouse-ish. Yes! I’m ready. I’m thinking something rather warehouse-ish.

]]> Comment on Local coffeeshops by adrienne lowe http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=472#comment-7369 adrienne lowe Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:44:52 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=472#comment-7369 Added you to the front page of my new (for now, vegan food) blog: cracktheplates.com !! check it out and let me know what you think!! Let's get together soon. I wanna buy you a beer so bad I can hardly stand it. Thursday night? Love, adrienne Added you to the front page of my new (for now, vegan food) blog: cracktheplates.com !! check it out and let me know what you think!!

Let’s get together soon. I wanna buy you a beer so bad I can hardly stand it. Thursday night?

Love,
adrienne

]]> Comment on Giving hams to thieves by Dan R-M http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-5835 Dan R-M Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:42:51 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-5835 Aw, thanks! I'll keep lookin' every once in a while :) Aw, thanks! I’ll keep lookin’ every once in a while :)

]]> Comment on Giving hams to thieves by anna lisa gross http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-5814 anna lisa gross Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:33:16 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-5814 Thanks for noticing, Dan! I really will post more, but I don't know when. Your blog is looking great! Thanks for noticing, Dan! I really will post more, but I don’t know when. Your blog is looking great!

]]> Comment on Giving hams to thieves by Dan R-M http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-5731 Dan R-M Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:43:39 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-5731 Ok, I've held out as long as I could without comment. Are you going to post anymore or what? :) Ok, I’ve held out as long as I could without comment. Are you going to post anymore or what? :)

]]> Comment on Giving hams to thieves by anna lisa gross http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-4187 anna lisa gross Thu, 07 May 2009 20:35:37 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-4187 Thank you Dan! Great comment, and I'm so glad to hear from David and Phillip. And yes, this is why we need to build relationships and share knowledge now, not wait until the panic has set in even further. Thank you Dan! Great comment, and I’m so glad to hear from David and Phillip. And yes, this is why we need to build relationships and share knowledge now, not wait until the panic has set in even further.

]]> Comment on Giving hams to thieves by Dan R-M http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-4186 Dan R-M Thu, 07 May 2009 20:27:28 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-4186 Wow, I appreciate that story. I identify with the "what will I do when hungry people from the city come with guns" question. And reading this story in that context brings up an interesting point: I assume the hypothetical people coming to rob me will be strangers, and bent on violence. While the hypothetical situation might turn out that way, it also might not. I have grown up in a culture that values individuality to the degree that I did not know many of the people on my road, even within a 1/2 mile in either direction. This makes excellent fodder for fear. A month or so ago I wrote an email asking that question of the two interns we had last year from Kitale, Kenya. It is a real situation there, where many people with little look on productive gardens every day as they pass. And David and Philip, having focused on small-scale agriculture, have beautiful gardens. Here is Philip's response: "Thanks for your wonderful question. Actually even thought there is starvation in Kenya we believe through good fundamental ways we can reduce theft in the gardens, we can create a good relationship with people around through sharing so that they cannot steal from our garden. For example we welcome them in our garden so that they can learn this knowledge and encourage them to do the same, sharing of farm tools within the neighborhoods, sharing of farm harvest whenever we have surplus, offer frequent training to them so that they can adopt this practices. “Parts of building our dreams are difficult and raise issues about ourselves that’s what we came in this world to confront. We are all here to learn love, compassion, forgiveness, patience, persistence, courage, faith and a whole host of other wonderful qualitative that most of us have forgotten. Just because our dreams do not show up exactly as we imagined does not mean that they will not come true. The dark night of the soul that we might be experiencing could be a part of a passage to an even larger dream. The goal is to have a balanced life of sharing, love and compassion to ours elf and those around us, despite all circumstances." Wow. How about that? Needless to say, their experience and attitudes were valuable to us. Thanks for the post, Anna Lisa! Wow, I appreciate that story. I identify with the “what will I do when hungry people from the city come with guns” question. And reading this story in that context brings up an interesting point: I assume the hypothetical people coming to rob me will be strangers, and bent on violence. While the hypothetical situation might turn out that way, it also might not. I have grown up in a culture that values individuality to the degree that I did not know many of the people on my road, even within a 1/2 mile in either direction. This makes excellent fodder for fear.
A month or so ago I wrote an email asking that question of the two interns we had last year from Kitale, Kenya. It is a real situation there, where many people with little look on productive gardens every day as they pass. And David and Philip, having focused on small-scale agriculture, have beautiful gardens. Here is Philip’s response:

“Thanks for your wonderful question. Actually even thought there is starvation in Kenya we believe through good fundamental ways we can reduce theft in the gardens, we can create a good relationship with people around through sharing so that they cannot steal from our garden. For example we welcome them in our garden so that they can learn this knowledge and encourage them to do the same, sharing of farm tools within the neighborhoods, sharing of farm harvest whenever we have surplus, offer frequent training to them so that they can adopt this practices.
“Parts of building our dreams are difficult and raise issues about ourselves that’s what we came in this world to confront. We are all here to learn love, compassion, forgiveness, patience, persistence, courage, faith and a whole host of other wonderful qualitative that most of us have forgotten. Just because our dreams do not show up exactly as we imagined does not mean that they will not come true. The dark night of the soul that we might be experiencing could be a part of a passage to an even larger dream. The goal is to have a balanced life of sharing, love and compassion to ours elf and those around us, despite all circumstances.”

Wow. How about that? Needless to say, their experience and attitudes were valuable to us. Thanks for the post, Anna Lisa!

]]> Comment on Giving hams to thieves by Mom http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-4102 Mom Tue, 05 May 2009 02:09:25 +0000 http://www.annalisagross.com/?p=462#comment-4102 Are these the thieves that got the hams? A pretty motley crew :-). JUST KIDDING, Travis!!! You're all lookin' good. Are these the thieves that got the hams? A pretty motley crew :-). JUST KIDDING, Travis!!! You’re all lookin’ good.

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