As recounted in a short story by James Baldwin, 'Becos' is a Phrygian (_pro_. frij'i an) word, and it means bread. The Phrygians are considered one of the first civilizations, bread, one of our first foods.
In this spirit, & with a call to recreate a sense of world community and simplicity, 'becoshood' is an interactive project.
Its aim to rebuild the feeling of neighborhood that
our grandparents had, but on a larger scale.
Why? Because, we are a world family now.
Technology has made our borders closer,
sometimes invisible.
Yet we still need to eat, and sometimes the most basic of foods, bread.
'Becoshood' begins with sharing a bread item with a neighbor and asking them to blog about it on this site.
We hope to collect many stories of community, and what it
means to interact with one another again, to weave a fabric of words, shared together with a simple meal as this project travels across the country.
Butter up your story! Make it sweet with honey words! Heat it up like toast! Please keep it clean and family appropriate, as this is a community project.
Becos means bread, bread means a meal, a meal means family,
family means love, love brings peace, and peace brings growth.
Please help the growth of peace in 'becoshood'!
Thank you for your participation!
~Ruth Follmann
Becoshood begins with the love of language, and sharing of it, as if it were bread. Becos means bread. Knowledge, as well as bread, can mean sustenance. The sharing of knowledge through experiences, strengthens the bonds of our world neighborhood.
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