Things discussed in this episode:
Historical patterns of populations returning to old-world ways
The fickleness of modernity
Giving our children timeless skills
Learning to navigate the healthcare industry with slow living in mind
The importance of community
The importance of homesteading skills, even if you don’t live on a homestead
Doing things that challenge us in a world that prizes ease and convenience above all else
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Things discussed in this episode:
Historical patterns of populations returning to old-world ways
The fickleness of modernity
Giving our children timeless skills
Learning to navigate the healthcare industry with slow living in mind
The importance of community
The importance of homesteading skills, even if you don’t live on a homestead
Doing things that challenge us in a world that prizes ease and convenience above all else
Tomás Q. Morín is the author of the collection of poems Machete and the memoir Let Me Count the Ways, as well as the poetry collections Patient Zero and A Larger Country. He is co-editor with Mari L’Esperance of the anthology, Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine, and translator of The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He teaches at Rice University and Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Bella Figura, The Tradition of Living Beautifully
Things discussed in this episode:
Historical patterns of populations returning to old-world ways
The fickleness of modernity
Giving our children timeless skills
Learning to navigate the healthcare industry with slow living in mind
The importance of community
The importance of homesteading skills, even if you don’t live on a homestead
Doing things that challenge us in a world that prizes ease and convenience above all else
