[Community_garden] Book of Five Rings

[Mike McGrath]

I bet your local 'libary' (Phil-Elf-Ya pronunciation) would have a copy--in 
English.  Mine is a beat up old 70s paperback with a hilarious photo cover 
of a New York businessman wielding The Wall Street Journal like it was a 
samurai sword!
                                                    ---McG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alliums" <garlicgrower at green-logic.com>
To: "'Mike McGrath'" <MikeMcG at PTD.net>; "'List Serve'" 
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Philosophies of life


> Hi, Folks!
>
> Well, because I'm desperate (YouTube video of the HACC Board meeting 
> coming
> this weekend!), I took a gander on Amazon and found 92 hits for "The Book 
> of
> Five Rings" - most of which are the Japanese text and one of which was
> "Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook, in A Five Ring Binder"!
>
> Someone give me an idea of which translation is the closest to the 
> original
> text and/or is the most understandable in translation and I'm buying that
> sucker!
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Dorene
>
> Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
> St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth
>
> A mission of
> St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 
> 19460
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike McGrath [mailto:MikeMcG at PTD.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 9:31 AM
> To: Alliums; 'List Serve'
> Subject: Philosophies of life
>
> If you can find a copy, I prefer "The Book of Five Rings", an ancient (but
> very modern reading) Japanese text that's allegedly about sword fighting,
> but in truth explains how to triumph in virtually every life encounter. 
> The
> 'list of rules' alone is all some people need.
>
> I bet the people trying to reclaim Doreen's garden would fall to The Path 
> of
>
> Two Swords as One....
>
>                                            ---McG
>
>
>
>
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