[FAREWELL, MY SUBARU]

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MY REVIEW

The life and times of a city boy going green in the New Mexico desert. Doug Fine's light hearted writing style gives us an honest, meaningful glimpse into the world of modern homesteading.

Musings on his journey from PBS reporter to organic goat rancher are punctuated with thought provoking tidbits, without being preachy or heavy handed.

From Doug's hilarious struggle to keep his goats out of the roses to his concerns about the carbon footprint created when manufaturing solar panels, Farewell My Subaru is a good introduction to green living. It's fast, fun, and informative!

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Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living

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ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS 

Hard to choose, as there were so many good ones.

"My fourteen-year-old kerchiefed neighbor and the acknowledged Mimbres Valey goat expert, had told me it was never too early to start practicing the art of milking, so that the eventual nanny would be comfortable after she gave birth.

So, I had worked this into my meditation routine: sit in silence for twenty minutes, stretch vigorously, then start faux milking. In fact, that's how Lupy found me to tell me breakfast was ready: in lotus position, chanting 'om,' and massaging a goat's nipple."

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOMENT? 

The repeated (successful) attempts by the goats to get into the rosebushed

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The LOVEsubee craching into the shed, and the metaphor it became for his new way of life

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Picking up the goats he found on craiglist

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The impromptu community coffe klatches by the swollen river

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Learning to drive the ROAT (Ridiculously Oversized American Truck) on veggie oil

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Discovering that the weeds in his garden were actually local edibles

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DOUG FINE'S OFFICIAL SITE 

Doug's Blog
Continue the adventure at Doug Fine's blog, "Dispatches from the Funky Butte Ranch." Read about bartering for tomatos, goat milk recipes, and mental awakenings. A nice mix of the practical and spiritual.

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ARLINGTON - Doug Fine, author of "Farewell, my Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living," is to speak at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Rosebud Theater at the E.H. Hereford University Center, 300 W. First St. Fine's book recounts ...
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DOUG'S OTHER BOOK 

Don't want to read about the desert? How about the tundra?

Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man

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NOT REALLY AN ALASKAN MOUNTAIN MAN recounts author Doug Fine's hysterically funny attempts to adjust to rural Alaskan life after growing up in the suburbs of New York. During the harsh winter of 1998, our narrator has to contend with broken down snowmachines, heavy dead whales, frozen pipes, angry moose and disorientation in a bear-packed wilderness. And yet, somehow, he decides all the frostbite and embarrassment are worth it: at least he doesn't have to face traffic jams. (from dougfine.com/nramm/)

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