Comments on: The Kumbaya Factor: Three Visits With Neighbors Make Me Realize That This Local Living Model Might Actually Work http://www.dougfine.com/2009/09/04/the-kumbaya-factor-three-visits-with-neighbors-make-me-realize-that-this-local-living-model-might-actually-work/ Personal website of author Doug Fine Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:14:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: sonia http://www.dougfine.com/2009/09/04/the-kumbaya-factor-three-visits-with-neighbors-make-me-realize-that-this-local-living-model-might-actually-work/comment-page-1/#comment-45746 sonia Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:42:31 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=515#comment-45746 I'm reading your book for summer reading as part of the honors college at UTSA - it's awesome so far! I love what your doing and I can't wait to read the whole book. And then to hear you speak in August! I’m reading your book for summer reading as part of the honors college at UTSA - it’s awesome so far! I love what your doing and I can’t wait to read the whole book. And then to hear you speak in August!

]]> By: Chad Tudor http://www.dougfine.com/2009/09/04/the-kumbaya-factor-three-visits-with-neighbors-make-me-realize-that-this-local-living-model-might-actually-work/comment-page-1/#comment-23042 Chad Tudor Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:23:16 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=515#comment-23042 Oh that picture looks so tasty of heirloom tomatoes! Up north here in Montana, I long for the average of 124 frost free days to grow heirloom varieties. Oh that picture looks so tasty of heirloom tomatoes! Up north here in Montana, I long for the average of 124 frost free days to grow heirloom varieties.

]]> By: K1p http://www.dougfine.com/2009/09/04/the-kumbaya-factor-three-visits-with-neighbors-make-me-realize-that-this-local-living-model-might-actually-work/comment-page-1/#comment-19158 K1p Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:38:07 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=515#comment-19158 Doug, I got a signed copy of your book this week and finished it right away. Even tho I had a few others in the que, I couldn't put it down. Thanks! Doug, I got a signed copy of your book this week and finished it right away. Even tho I had a few others in the que, I couldn’t put it down. Thanks!

]]> By: Martha Ann http://www.dougfine.com/2009/09/04/the-kumbaya-factor-three-visits-with-neighbors-make-me-realize-that-this-local-living-model-might-actually-work/comment-page-1/#comment-18990 Martha Ann Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:17:44 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=515#comment-18990 Smart man. It's that next generation that's key. Smart man. It’s that next generation that’s key.

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2009/09/04/the-kumbaya-factor-three-visits-with-neighbors-make-me-realize-that-this-local-living-model-might-actually-work/comment-page-1/#comment-18978 OrgoCowboy Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:27:35 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=515#comment-18978 Hmm, “Sharon,” even though you use a clever Nom De Net, I think I might know who you are. Martha Ann, I think you’re definitely right that folks you don’t connect with immediately can wind up being true friends – this has happened every place I’ve lived, at every stage in my life. It’s like my friend LL puts it: “You know, most people just want to be nice if you just give them half a chance.” For the hopeless cases (people C.S. Lewis calls “bent”), I employ a technique I learned in a former logging town in Alaska, but which is really Biblical: reach the next generation. I do it through wilderness education volunteering at area schools. Hmm, “Sharon,” even though you use a clever Nom De Net, I think I might know who you are. Martha Ann, I think you’re definitely right that folks you don’t connect with immediately can wind up being true friends – this has happened every place I’ve lived, at every stage in my life. It’s like my friend LL puts it: “You know, most people just want to be nice if you just give them half a chance.” For the hopeless cases (people C.S. Lewis calls “bent”), I employ a technique I learned in a former logging town in Alaska, but which is really Biblical: reach the next generation. I do it through wilderness education volunteering at area schools.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.dougfine.com/2009/09/04/the-kumbaya-factor-three-visits-with-neighbors-make-me-realize-that-this-local-living-model-might-actually-work/comment-page-1/#comment-18962 Sharon Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:51:30 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=515#comment-18962 Yipee to best seller lists. Congrats!! Your sweetheart sure is smart. Must be good genes. Who else would know sloth trivia? I am dying for more goat cheese. It is the best. Hope you didn't give away those cute striped chickens. Give the Thompsons the rooster. Yipee to best seller lists. Congrats!!
Your sweetheart sure is smart. Must be good genes. Who else would know sloth trivia?
I am dying for more goat cheese. It is the best.
Hope you didn’t give away those cute striped chickens. Give the Thompsons the rooster.

]]> By: Martha Ann http://www.dougfine.com/2009/09/04/the-kumbaya-factor-three-visits-with-neighbors-make-me-realize-that-this-local-living-model-might-actually-work/comment-page-1/#comment-18934 Martha Ann Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:00:31 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/?p=515#comment-18934 There's hope even with the neighbors you don't like. Three summers ago when I moved here, the neighbor kids -- quietly cheered on by their mother -- literally were throwing rocks at my head. I've killed them with kindness on every Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter since and drowned them in summer produce. These days they shout a friendly hello when they see me, help me move furniture and mow my lawn. There’s hope even with the neighbors you don’t like. Three summers ago when I moved here, the neighbor kids — quietly cheered on by their mother — literally were throwing rocks at my head.

I’ve killed them with kindness on every Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter since and drowned them in summer produce.

These days they shout a friendly hello when they see me, help me move furniture and mow my lawn.

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