Last week, I experienced something that could only be considered “special” by someone from a generation out of touch with food production. It all began with Polly the goat. Polly is a beautiful and affable nanny from Tule Fog Farm; I milk her first thing when I arrive every Wednesday morning. When I first learned […]
“Within the web of Confucian relations, intimate friendships take on a transformative force that can only be adequately explained by understanding them as an extension and amplification of the family itself. As a dimension of a Confucian family-centered ethic, friendship serves as a definite, sometimes compensatory source of meaning and value. While immediate family relations […]