Category Archives: Self Reliance

Newbie in Graham – retirement has issues…

  By Paula Morris I lived a driven life prior to retiring. I worked part-time as an R.N., did practicum work toward my doctorate and maintained a part-time counseling practice on weekends.  Combined with this were homework and classroom studies, … Continue reading

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Learning from Japan – embracing the seven tasks of self-reliance

  Editor’s Note: After Japan, people are asking what they can do to prepare for emergencies.  In the media we see that millions near the epicenter are struggling with obtaining the basics of life – food, water and adequate shelter, … Continue reading

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Letters from Japan

   The following two letters come from a pair of Baptist missionaries stationed in Japan who traveled north to the stricken areas near Sendai.  They are part of an on-going exchange of information and prayers within this faith community, of … Continue reading

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More prayers for Japan

   My prayer for Japan   by Judy Spiers  I am so grateful to know, dear Father, that – despite the fact that we aren’t always fully able to grasp your entire goodness – you are omnipotent, supreme, a very present … Continue reading

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Profile: Margaret Franich and the Mountain Community Co-op of Eatonville

   Nestled on an Eatonville side-street, just off the main thoroughfare of Washington Ave, sits a diminutive but charming icon of healthy living – the Mountain Community Co-op.

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Events in Japan, and at home, help push locals towards self-reliance

  By Judy Spiers At 4:00 a.m. on Friday, March 11th, my brother phoned me from his home on the Oregon coast.  “There’s been a huge earthquake in Japan and a tsunami traveling at 500 mph per hour is supposed … Continue reading

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Growing grains workshop for gardeners scheduled for Graham

  A workshop on how to grow grains suitable for the rainy, cold weather of western Washington will be held next Tuesday, March 1, at 7 pm, at the Elk Plain Grange, Anuttama Budd has announced.  The workshop is free … Continue reading

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News for Graham – week of Feb. 21, 2011

 by Wayne Cooke,  (253) 847-4614    The March 2nd Self-Reliant Community meeting will focus on the Seven Tasks for self-reliance, (helpful to new members), discussing specifically how we might create a “neighbor net” of a group of “interdependent” neighbors, actually … Continue reading

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Beth Rossow – Woman of the Mountain, Siren of the Sound

  Beth Rossow is well-known to many of us who live in the shadow of Mount Rainer as the long-time office manager of the Pierce County Fair, having served in that capacity for 37 years.      

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Graham News, February 15, 2011

The Self-Reliant Community  At the next Self-Reliant Community Meeting on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, we will review the seven tasks needed to gain self-reliance and discuss specifically how we might create a closer “neighbor net” of a group of “interdependent” … Continue reading

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