{"id":1236,"date":"2021-01-26T13:07:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T17:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jfciii.com\/blog\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2025-01-09T10:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:56:01","slug":"extra-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jfciii.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/26\/extra-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With having or, more importantly, making time during the pandemic, I decided to use my time to take some classes and learn more. It helped getting rid of my cable TV in the fall of 2019.<\/p>\n<h2>Many Different Classes<\/h2>\n<p>I attended a few Creative Mornings Field Trips. They were about drawing and art, along with two different ones on making tortillas (corn and wheat). Another one had to do with creative writing.<\/p>\n<p>Other classes were <a href=\"https:\/\/smashingconf.com\/online-workshops\/workshops\/marcy-sutton\">Marcy\u2019s Sutton\u2019s \u201cFront-End Accessibility Masterclass.\u201d<\/a> It was a great class on how to make accessible HTML and CSS along with improving it with JavaScript when building websites and applications.<\/p>\n<h2>Food Related Classes and Books<\/h2>\n<p>Another event about the food I enjoyed in 2020 was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southernfoodways.org\/event\/2020-fall-southern-foodways-symposium-future-of-the-south\/\">2020 Fall Southern Foodways Symposium: Future of the South<\/a>. That ran on Saturdays in October (3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th) from 9:00 SM to noon central.<\/p>\n<p>I have been learning about growing my own food, small scale farming, etc. I even purchased a fermenting class from a YouTube homesteaders channel I watch. It was a great class, and I&#8217;m looking forward to making more of my own ferments. I did a few ferments before I took the classes, but they didn&#8217;t turn out as well as I expected.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to all the fresh veggies from the farmer&#8217;s market in the spring and during the summer too.<\/p>\n<p>I read two books on fermenting too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Fermented Man \u2013 A year on the Front Lines of a Food Revolution by Derek Dellinger<\/li>\n<li>The Noma Guide to Fermentation: Including Koji, Kombuchas, Shoyus, Misos, Vinegars, Garums, Lacto-ferments, and Black Fruits and Vegetables by Rene Redzepi and David Zilber<\/li>\n<li>Do Preserve \u2013 Make Your own Jams, Chutneys, Pickles, and Cordials by Anja Dunk, Jen Goss, and Mimi Beaven<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I even spent time learning about food, more specifically beans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Rancho Gordo Heirloom Bean Guide by Steve Sando and Julia Newberry<\/li>\n<li>Cool Beans \u2013 The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World\u2019s Most Versatile Plant-based Protein with 125 Recipes by Joe Yonan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reading Creative and Comic Related Books<\/h2>\n<p>I have been reading many creative books, with many of them being graphic novels on making comics. Here are a few of those books.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whatcha Mean, What\u2019s a Zine? \u2013 The Art f Making Zines and Mini-comics by Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson<\/li>\n<li>Elements of Fire \u2013 A Comic Anthology of Color! edited by Taneka Stotts<\/li>\n<li>Cartooning \u2013 Philosophy, and Practice by Ivan Brunetti<\/li>\n<li>Glenn Ganges in The River at Night by Kevin Huizenga<\/li>\n<li>Drawing Book of Faces by Ed Emberley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>One Odd Book<\/h2>\n<p>I even read a book on bee-keeping, which will help me when I get my own plot of land to grow food.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do Bee-keeping \u2013 The Secret to Happy Honeybees by Orren Fox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s to More Diverse Learning<\/h2>\n<p>So as you can see, since the beginning of 2020 and into 2021, I have been all over the place attempting to learn new things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With having or, more importantly, making time during the pandemic, I decided to use my time to take some classes and learn more. 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