tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post5670606369247408789..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: Ideas, busyness and astonishing virtueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-38446436345782632272015-08-23T22:02:17.304+01:002015-08-23T22:02:17.304+01:00Ah. To recuse oneself is to withdraw from particip...Ah. To recuse oneself is to withdraw from participation because of some disqualifying characteristic ( I think you might not find 'recision' in a dictionary). Something ontological is something to do with the nature of being or existence). Hence, ontological recession (a daft and made-up phrase attributable to me sense of humour) means something like withdrawal from existence).Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-28251697539457040632015-08-23T21:11:29.481+01:002015-08-23T21:11:29.481+01:00I will have to look up ontological recusion as I a...I will have to look up ontological recusion as I am not sure what it means. Except it sounds like a great name for a rock band. Nearly Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594432566473391552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-49919267965444605762015-08-19T18:12:54.686+01:002015-08-19T18:12:54.686+01:00Ah yes. When I think about it, my life has been on...Ah yes. When I think about it, my life has been one long 'ahem' of one kind or another! Glad you're impressed!! Peace to you my friend xxxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-77676966718789293492015-08-19T17:39:55.950+01:002015-08-19T17:39:55.950+01:00In my very quiet, hermit-like days, I am able to e...In my very quiet, hermit-like days, I am able to experience a little bit of excitement (vicariously) by reading your blog. You do things I would not/could not ever do... bathe outside within feet of a neighbor's house (no matter how high the wall!), clean out wormy areas beneath decks, write books, allow mice in the house to live, sleep on the floor (I'd never get up), make good use of your...ahem. I'm always impressed! xoxo Julie B.http://www.justjulieb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-72677051915072385282015-08-19T15:47:34.497+01:002015-08-19T15:47:34.497+01:00Rebecca ~ Ah, outdoor showers; apparently you just...Rebecca ~ Ah, outdoor showers; apparently you just run the water supply hose through the centre of a compost heap. Video here ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jm-c9B2_ew<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-22672288185921001192015-08-19T15:45:03.228+01:002015-08-19T15:45:03.228+01:00Gretchen ~
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Oh, they are. I thought it was pu...Gretchen ~<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Oh, they are. I thought it was pudding, but you reckon pride?<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-91698687103437810052015-08-19T15:09:13.300+01:002015-08-19T15:09:13.300+01:00I find your solutions fascinating (and inspiring)!...I find your solutions fascinating (and inspiring)! <br />Spending a couple of days at a lake cottage with friends, the conversation at one point included outdoor showers I would REALLY like one....You've set me to wondering how to incorporate solar-heated water, etcRebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-52139873753196764412015-08-19T13:15:17.324+01:002015-08-19T13:15:17.324+01:00who else but you would use the words 'ontologi...who else but you would use the words 'ontological recusion' in their blog? you made me laugh - apparently the towel also suffers from this malady. as for your efforts, WELL DONE! your buttons should be bursting with pride.gretchennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-13137051181201273242015-08-19T06:46:19.809+01:002015-08-19T06:46:19.809+01:00Elizabeth - Yes, we live in a row of Victorian sem...Elizabeth - Yes, we live in a row of Victorian semi-detached houses, and you know how they are kind of L-shaped, making a little yard at the back? Well, because our garden is walled (I always wished for a walled garden too), if I set the bath right by the wall, then the garden wall on one side and the house on the other just shield it from view. One neighbour has a tall climbing frame where their children play occasionally, and that has a lookout at the top from which you could see my bath, so I wouldn't take a bath if the children were playing there. It did occur to me, failing all else, I could always bathe after dark! xx<br /><br />Rapunzel - Back in the day we used to have a big galvanised zinc tub to bathe in, and do our washing. It accompanied us on many house moves, but got left behind somewhere along the way. I liked that one. A deck is the ideal place for a bath, I think. xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-33454894034804977812015-08-19T04:06:32.504+01:002015-08-19T04:06:32.504+01:00Goodness Pen, if I'd been this ambitious I'...Goodness Pen, if I'd been this ambitious I'd be crowing about it from the rooftops.<br />I love your bath idea---one thing I'll miss about living in the forest is the privacy and the lovely baths I used to take in a huge wash tub on the back deck. In time I hope to build an outdoor shower with a hose to run the water to the gardens if the city doesn't have some daft regulation against it. Your experiments and adventures are a continual inspiration, always nudging me to look to what else I can do for the earth, my spirit and my offspring's future on our lovely home planet.Rapunzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381797135241461102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-87705704441793760752015-08-18T21:51:54.826+01:002015-08-18T21:51:54.826+01:00Goodness, you have been busy indeed! I don't h...Goodness, you have been busy indeed! I don't have the fortitude to bathe alfresco and would probably offend public decency if I did, as our whole garden is overlooked on both sides.<br /><br />Isn't it ridiculously hard to photograph things sometimes?Elizabeth @ The Garden Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00274788007550318693noreply@blogger.com