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Kate Daloz
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We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
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2016
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4 editions
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We are as Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
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“she needed rest, but it was more than that—she needed to get someplace where she could breathe a little better, where her daughter could run barefoot without stepping in dog shit and broken glass and where she wasn’t waiting all the time for a catastrophe she couldn’t even name. Later when she heard Joni Mitchell sing about Woodstock, the lyrics, written that same summer, could have been channeled straight from Loraine’s own mind: “I’m going to camp out on the land/I’m going to try an’ get my soul free . . . We’ve got to get ourselves/Back to the garden.” For Loraine, her next move felt obvious. One day, she left.”
― We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
― We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
“In explaining his own move away from communal living, Ken Kesey cited "the great statement" made by his friend Babbs: " We don't want a commune, we want a community," Myrtle Hill would have agreed. While they had found that they were happier not living together, no one was ready to give up on their connection to one another or on their interdependence.”
― We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
― We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
“Young back-to-the-landers who had felt reassured by the "real" skills of growing their own food and building their own shelter were now also experiencing what their farm neighbors and forebears had long known: relying strictly on yourself and on the land for your livelihood puts you frighteningly at the mercy of chance. An early frost, a slipped saw blade, a hot-selling market vegetable suddenly passing out of vogue- one stroke of bad luck could be devastating. Many were shocked to discover that poverty- even romantic, "turned-on" poverty- was defined not by a lack of material possessions but by a lack of control. Mortgages and health insurance and the other systems their parents had counted on to provide stability suddenly made a lot more sense.”
― We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
― We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America
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