The grain-fed army as the original machine

And what work am I doing when I’m not even aware of it, when I think what I’m doing is dull drudgery, practical necessity – and it often is either or both of those, but also or at other times things come more alive What is this that is erupting out of me? What else … More What is the work that erupts spontaneously out of me?

First as a traveler, now as a husbandman Unfortunately, my self image and career path remained book-oriented, and I’ve never dealt with the misalignment

Maize, teosinte No European culture or existence is primally oriented toward corn – rather dairy, and wheat, emmer, barley And middle eastern, African, Asian, Oceania existences even less so From the primal story of natives teaching the British to drop a fish in the hole when planting corn, through hoe-cakes and moonshine, tortillas and corn … More Corn is what makes us Americans

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