Success is a Journey, by Jeffrey J Mayer. At first i thought this would be a good book to help define components of a sustainable future vision. The author seemed to understand that success is a journey and that each person can define it with their expectations. Unfortunately, the author is from a business background and has trouble getting out of that box. I can somewhat agree with the authors call for action. The issue is with the types of action needed and the need to go somewhere. Where are we going.. to the grave maybe.. or towards awareness of our place in time. All this has little to do with "things" or motivated associates. If we use the goal of a sustainable lifestyle, then success begin to look like a process which cycles rather than the more development oriented process found in the business world. Still, this is a worthwhile book for anyone wanting to explore the meaning of success. Hopefully, a better book will come along which doesn't have so many invisible assumptions. ---- If You Like My Apples, A Simple Guide to Biodynamic Gardening. Clue Dennis and Luke Miller. I grabbed this book to see how biodynamic methods were translated into the world of gardening. It was a disappointment. The book is for beginning gardeners and the material has less depth than a basic organic gardening book. The idea of moving biodynamic farming methods over to small gardens is an interesting one and hopefully someone will do it for experienced gardeners. I can visualize making the soil innoculants by burying cows horns and planting by moon signs. Just kidding, i'm not a believer in moon signs, but the cow horn idea has some strong logic behind it. ---- I just found a book which moved "Natural Farming" into the gardening arena. This has some interesting ideas for those of us who like Fukuoka's books. Report coming soon... jeff
