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regan moran's avatar

i spent a month this last winter on an abandoned mango orchard in Ecuador - life changing mangos indeed

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TheLastFarm's avatar

That sounds rad!

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regan moran's avatar

it really was, magical place Ecuador, crime is increasing though

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Greg Frey's avatar

Excited to have found this substack! You write in a funny and extremely convincing way.

This question of luxury matters a whole lot to the kind of future we're going to build.

I wrote about it from my spot in North London, with a little help from William Morris and the Paris Communards: https://gregfrey.substack.com/p/well-what-do-we-want

It's what you said, but with others!

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TheLastFarm's avatar

Thanks so much for the kind words! Really enjoyed your essay. I’m a big William Morris/Paris Commune fan myself, and I really appreciated the way you brought those to bear on contemporary luxury. Great stuff!

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Marcellis's avatar

“spiritual poverty of luxuries”

Sadly, I can relate to this. And it has led to great exhaustion for me. And I blame myself for not being disciplined enough for indulging in pathetic luxuries.

You’ve given this feeling a name, and for that I am grateful

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TheLastFarm's avatar

🙏🙏🙏

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Christian Näthler's avatar

What an opening paragraph! Sums up how I feel about most of my engagements with the world. Your other pieces are wonderful too. I've just had my first permaculture ~experience~, which I just wrote about, and embodied your interpretation of luxury. Look forward to your next writing.

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TheLastFarm's avatar

Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I really appreciate it!

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TheLastFarm's avatar

Thanks so much, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I'll have to give that a try. I've done the frozen bananas in the juicer trick as an ice cream substitute many times, and I highly recommend it, too!

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TheLastFarm's avatar

Love the yogurt/labni idea, haven’t tried that before!

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