Hey Folks ~ I live on top of a mountain in the middle of an oak forest in N Central Arkansas where happiness, liberty and freedom of thought are outlawed, but a lot of us do it anyway. I am a big do in biological medicine (undisputed arch-over authority in the region is what I was called) but out there in the woods they throw everything at ya from bad teeth to babies so even tho it says EID on the shingle (emerging infectious diseases) the reality is a largely retired, on demand general practice which I don't get paid for. Poverty here is so bad they only pay for their foods/medicines and that supports Ozark Animal Sanctuary on the reservation where I live. I don't rightly know what you call it, monastery/preserve/sanctuary/reservation guess it is all of 'em. I look like a typical half breed yaqui-scott of the tall skinny kind with long hair. The kind when we get old we look like those appl;e head dolls you buy in the tourist traps - and I'm already startin' but it's not too bad yet. We grow a lotta mushrooms for food and medicine. They pretty much leave us alone because we cure the incurable and because everybody loves a mushroom. My job title is senior health officer, which naturally means heap-big slave and the dogs, cats and deer have more rights on the farm than I do, but I can live as feral as I want as long as everyone is well and loved after. I get cleaned up and trotted out for special occ. or when there is something bad sick or weird and pissed off. If it was you, you would probably be glad to see me comin' because so far everything in jeopardy pretty much has been. I get some trouble over the annual redneck hunt and my policies that they can get high if they want to, which the police don't much like. We used to be able to all we want, but then the old sherrif retired and the new great vile beast doesn't want the people's money and harvests to show off he wants to weasel the governement out of money so the current regime grinds people into statistics that are mostly all fake to qualify for drug war money we normally wouldn't. Some of the police like to buy black terror suv's and trucks to try and look like feds with the money. They have a lotta fun practicin drivin like in the movies, but since it is them they look more lke sows doin water ballet and everybody can tell because we know 'em and feds don't act like that. They get really mad at me because I say black polyester disco pants and call them stadinko so I have tried to be quieter about that. They also get mad because we look out for each other but we do anyway and the thwarting of them is like a duty or something so most of us enjoy the only thing that even resembles making them earn the money they get really just riding around on everybody else's back. They don't make food or medicine or create anything good in the world like the majority of us have to to live out here they just get to ride around all day miserable and chasing little kids around after marijauna ciggerettes. I don't like that but I have to be careful and not go too far. Anyway I guess I spend my day making yummy stuff, tending to living things and the things of beautiful life and doing what I can for the wellbeing and happiness of the world. That's my job. PS - Everybody calls me Doc for so long my own name sounds strange to me, but they also call me brother Karl, Karl, Dr. Buchanan and "DR. BUCHANAN!!" whenever it seems to suit. (I like Doc and "DR. BUCHANAN!!" best because the former comes out sweet and the latter means I have clearly used my station and influence yet again to approve of something outlandish, or look over some minor and pardonable sin which sometimes "me can't seem to hep it" and because they have such joy in simple and human things that the hypocrites and prigs shame and punish 'em for. I support them finding and finding out for their own selves so they can be strong and pretty like they was made. (sorry "were" made - I fall off a lot into local dialect if ya can look over that a little)
Thanks! I was looking for electronic copies of books and found this forum and thought it might be really cool. I think we will put mushrooms and forest stuff in a shop in here soon as we raise the extra money to. We have a lot of organic and primary materials and starts and such that people might like.
I got a chance to ride to town and get on for five minutes - thanks! I really think this forum fits me all-around best so far. I am still going through a lot of pretty cool stuff and it comes just in time - I was having that feeling this place was downward and it will still be a couple weeks before mushrooms appear. My head is saved! I gotta run back up - dont have a sitter and the critters will be breaking out the bread and cheezits by now. Well, probably only the trash. It has been raining and morel weather, going to look tomorrow. Almost all the dogs and cats are piled in on me, even though the doghouse is bigger than mine and they have a van too. Be back asap - thanks for the welcome to a better world. Even the critters think the culture here could use....something...heh
Loved Reading Your Intro Post Doc, Welcome To Hip Forums.... And A Warm Welcome To You Tinydi626 As Well.... Cheers Glen.
