Posted on 2026-05-07 19:27 in blog • Written by Arno Peters
Chris Williams and Mark Manson summarize the most important lessons of therapy. The first seven are read by Chris to Mark in the video, the eighth comes from one of the comments below the video.
It is good, solid advice worth repeating from time to time to keep it top …
Posted on 2026-03-15 13:49 in blog • Written by Arno Peters
The book iPermie! from Bob Waldrop had a website associated with it: https://ipermie.net. After his death, the site dropped off the internet.
As often happens with domains that have gained some weight with the search engines, the domain got licensed again, and again as I found in the …
Posted on 2026-01-08 14:30 in blog • Written by Arno Peters
The Cactus Lens: A Clearer View
Until recently there have been 3 main lenses through which to view our overshoot predicament: debt, energy, and ecology.
Each lens exposes a different aspect of the picture, but not the complete picture.
Each lens …
Posted on 2025-11-07 15:00 in blog • Modified on 2026-02-19 14:55 • Written by Arno Peters
I came across this book when I was looking into the writings of Bob Waldrop. He was a Permaculture Designer living in Oklahoma City. He created a set of flyers called the Better Times Emergency Notes, which I republished on this site. He passed away in 2019.
In 2013 he …
Posted on 2025-11-04 15:31 in blog • Modified on 2026-03-31 20:59 • Written by Arno Peters
I found these flyers a while ago and filed their location away in my archive. I recently came across them again and discovered the original website had vanished. Its creator, Bob Waldrop, has passed away in 2019.
Because the information contained in the flyers is helpful and compact, I wanted …
Posted on 2025-07-24 19:25 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with ledger-cli, personal finance, bookkeeping
I have been using ledger-cli since 2015. At first only for my personal finances. To make it easier for myself, I use the CSV files I download from the bank and convert these into ledger-cli transaction files.
Later I incorporated my business records as well. I use a Python script …
Posted on 2025-06-24 22:26 in blog • Written by Arno Peters
Recently a friend mentioned she needed to write a business plan for her new business. The request was to include a section on financials.
Starting a new business is quite disruptive to the way you spend your time, your money and your energy. It helps to think through some of …
Posted on 2025-06-15 12:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters
This is a continuation from My Permaculture Journey from 2016 to 2020.
On 2021-01-22 I started visiting and volunteering at Food Forest Eindhoven. At that time, it was one of the few activities I could physically go to due to the restrictions imposed on all of us at the time …
Posted on 2025-03-30 13:40 in blog • Written by Arno Peters
Below you’ll find a number of questions to ask yourself and others. If you are serious about starting with an allotment or any other kind of garden, these questions can help you make a clear choice.
Posted on 2025-03-27 22:15 in blog • Written by Arno Peters
Earlier this year I have spent over 10 days in complete darkness, with almost no contact with the outside world. It was the second retreat of this kind I have done. The first was a year earlier where I spend over five days in darkness.
To say it is a …