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Propitious Bamboo I by Don Li-Leger, 36x36
$675.00
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GP Deva Herbal "Propitious Tea"--10 satchels
$30.00
This refreshing, specially formulated herbal blend helps to balance the digestive system, relieve constipation and internal heat, regulate metabolism and other functions of the delicate body.

Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent
$28.00
I very much enjoyed John Reader's book on potatoes. It was well researched, well written, and enjoyable to read. It provided me with a better understanding of history, and I've been reading history for decades.

The domesticated spud is a powerful and dangerous thing. It's nutritious, highly productive, matures quickly, and can thrive in a broad spectrum of soils and climates. It has been a loose cannon in human history, fueling population outbursts, civilizations, wars, mass emigrations, and the extermination of countless indigenous societies around the world.

The blight fungus is everywhere, and it mutates continuously, so all defensive strategies inevitably fail. Thus, blight is a never-ending threat, everywhere the spud is grown, and it can completely wipe out the crop across wide regions in a matter of days. The spud is a spooky food to get addicted to.

Spud farmers spray vast amounts of fungicides in hopes of preventing blight. As Peak Oil brings the era of cheap energy to an end, it will reduce the production and increase the cost of agricultural chemicals. This means that blight will eventually win the war against domesticated spuds. This means that we may be getting close to the peak of global potato production. This means big trouble ahead. This is the one issue that Reader did not address, and it is an important point. Deduct two points.

Instead, Reader concludes that the story of the domesticated spud has been a miracle of progress, a smashing success. Domesticated spuds currently enjoy an empire that spans the globe. But every empire must crumble, and so must the empire of spuds.

Wild spuds, like wild humans, would certainly tell this story in a radically different manner. It would not be a flattering tale.

The 99 Beautiful Names of God: Book 4: An-Nafi: The Propitious
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