Saturday, December 3
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
A break in the very cold weather. It was more moderate today.
We took the goats back outside and they seemed okay.
We went to town with the truck today so we could pick up the new freezer. It is a fairly small one; we don't need a huge one with just the two of us.
We got to the vet clinic to pick up the appetite stimulant for Fatty. It was a bit of confusion, because apparently the vet I had spoken to over the phone yesterday hadn't left a prescription for it, even though he had suggested it. I had to work with the vet that was there today and got it, but it was close to closing again, and that adds a layer of worry; trying to get things done so late hoping you don't miss them.
We also went to the local farm supply store, and they were giving out customer appreciation coupons for 20% off of our total purchase, so we bought things that we already know we will use lots of. Like shavings for bedding, a bag of dog food, some socks and gloves. We were already planning on picking up the bedding since we were coming in with the truck.
Then I went to Walmart for the first time in a few years to see if I could find decorative tape for my Christmas cards. I found some, and also looking in their $5 movie bin, and was surprised to find some pretty new movies that I had been interested in watching. We don't have streaming (partly because I am a little dismayed at the fact that the providers are all splitting, so you would still not get to see a lot of good movies unless you paid for more than one service, and how some of them charge a big premium to see new popular movies).
Then I got groceries, not much.
I am grateful that we stocked up on some things that are not easy for me to get with my little car (I could take the truck too, but I usually don't because it is not great on winter roads since it is a rear wheel drive). I am glad that we have the means and the truck, and the physical ability to do bigger trips like this.
We were able to get the new little freezer into place fairly easily. It's not too heavy. My next task at some point is to start transferring the food from the old freezer which is sitting outside. It has frosted up to the point where items lower down might be hard to extract.
Not much change in Fatty. I hope these drugs can stimulate his appetite so he might try eating on his own.
We watched a very '80's movie that was kind of fun just for the nostalgia: "Tango and Cash".
Today I learned a small amount about the Doukhobor religion. It is originally a Russian movement, but quite a few people of this persuasion emigrated to settle in Canada.
They formed colonies similar to Shakers and Hutterites in that they believe in communal living and rejecting modernity. The Doukhobors also rejected the parts of organized religion that exploited people and used them as tools of war, and rejected materialism. They wanted to live simple lives where God become a mostly internal experience unique to each person.
There was one group called "The Sons of Freedom" that became radical in the 1950's that turned to nude protests (the religion said that nudity was a way to regain the innocence of Eden, though Canada is an awful place for nudity even in the summer. Not many Doukhobors practiced nudity.) as well as arson and other forms of terrorism. Mainly because the Canadian government was doing things like taking land away from them and putting their children into residential schools to try to assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture, or demanding that their children attend public schools (these Doukhobors rejected higher learning because they saw it as indoctrination into warlike competition and materialism).
This one group has left an impression, though MOST Doukhobors were not supportive of their methods, or as radical in their religious practices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doukhobors
There seem to be a lot of variation in what each colony adhered to. Apparently some groups were vegetarian, let their animals free, and did the farm work all with human power, rejected education, etc.
It seems like other colonies, like this one, were more moderate and still used animals and embraced education. https://doukhobor.org/the-kylemore-doukhobor-colony.
The main unifying idea seemed to be pacifism and rejection of modern technology, and communal living. Not THAT different from the Mennonites and Hutterites that also have colonies in Canada.
This article about a current colony seems like they are okay with technology, so not sure what they are still doing that makes them tied to the old ways.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-are-doukhobors-dying-out-in-rural-bc-a-sect-tries-to-stop-their/
A break in the very cold weather. It was more moderate today.
We took the goats back outside and they seemed okay.
We went to town with the truck today so we could pick up the new freezer. It is a fairly small one; we don't need a huge one with just the two of us.
We got to the vet clinic to pick up the appetite stimulant for Fatty. It was a bit of confusion, because apparently the vet I had spoken to over the phone yesterday hadn't left a prescription for it, even though he had suggested it. I had to work with the vet that was there today and got it, but it was close to closing again, and that adds a layer of worry; trying to get things done so late hoping you don't miss them.
We also went to the local farm supply store, and they were giving out customer appreciation coupons for 20% off of our total purchase, so we bought things that we already know we will use lots of. Like shavings for bedding, a bag of dog food, some socks and gloves. We were already planning on picking up the bedding since we were coming in with the truck.
Then I went to Walmart for the first time in a few years to see if I could find decorative tape for my Christmas cards. I found some, and also looking in their $5 movie bin, and was surprised to find some pretty new movies that I had been interested in watching. We don't have streaming (partly because I am a little dismayed at the fact that the providers are all splitting, so you would still not get to see a lot of good movies unless you paid for more than one service, and how some of them charge a big premium to see new popular movies).
Then I got groceries, not much.
I am grateful that we stocked up on some things that are not easy for me to get with my little car (I could take the truck too, but I usually don't because it is not great on winter roads since it is a rear wheel drive). I am glad that we have the means and the truck, and the physical ability to do bigger trips like this.
We were able to get the new little freezer into place fairly easily. It's not too heavy. My next task at some point is to start transferring the food from the old freezer which is sitting outside. It has frosted up to the point where items lower down might be hard to extract.
Not much change in Fatty. I hope these drugs can stimulate his appetite so he might try eating on his own.
We watched a very '80's movie that was kind of fun just for the nostalgia: "Tango and Cash".
Today I learned a small amount about the Doukhobor religion. It is originally a Russian movement, but quite a few people of this persuasion emigrated to settle in Canada.
They formed colonies similar to Shakers and Hutterites in that they believe in communal living and rejecting modernity. The Doukhobors also rejected the parts of organized religion that exploited people and used them as tools of war, and rejected materialism. They wanted to live simple lives where God become a mostly internal experience unique to each person.
There was one group called "The Sons of Freedom" that became radical in the 1950's that turned to nude protests (the religion said that nudity was a way to regain the innocence of Eden, though Canada is an awful place for nudity even in the summer. Not many Doukhobors practiced nudity.) as well as arson and other forms of terrorism. Mainly because the Canadian government was doing things like taking land away from them and putting their children into residential schools to try to assimilate them into mainstream Canadian culture, or demanding that their children attend public schools (these Doukhobors rejected higher learning because they saw it as indoctrination into warlike competition and materialism).
This one group has left an impression, though MOST Doukhobors were not supportive of their methods, or as radical in their religious practices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doukhobors
There seem to be a lot of variation in what each colony adhered to. Apparently some groups were vegetarian, let their animals free, and did the farm work all with human power, rejected education, etc.
It seems like other colonies, like this one, were more moderate and still used animals and embraced education. https://doukhobor.org/the-kylemore-doukhobor-colony.
The main unifying idea seemed to be pacifism and rejection of modern technology, and communal living. Not THAT different from the Mennonites and Hutterites that also have colonies in Canada.
This article about a current colony seems like they are okay with technology, so not sure what they are still doing that makes them tied to the old ways.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-are-doukhobors-dying-out-in-rural-bc-a-sect-tries-to-stop-their/
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Date: 2022-12-05 05:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-05 09:28 am (UTC)I can't recall if we brought that one back with us from Wyoming before we moved here 15 years ago, or if we bought it when we moved into the trailer. It is at least 15 years old.