I will have less of a presence on The Torrid Tribe Community. We have very little activity here. This is a sign to me that members have found other social media resources that they are spending more time in. I am happy to see less censorship on social media in general. I started The Torrid Tribe 4 years ago when we were in a state of censorship and lockdowns. It was a difficult time and this was a haven and sanctuary for so many.

I will be lightly posting things here to give you all content to see. This community will always be open to everyone and will resurrect to its full capacity if subscribers show they want it fully operational again with full time administration.

Thank you for being a part of this community. Sending each of you hugs.

K-
Creator of The Torrid Tribe

Passion is the vibe that I want to bring to this community. I want to enjoy your passion for whatever it is you are into. Let's share what we learn - and learn what each other shares. Foodies unite. I love to cook and share recipes. I will regularly post pictures and recipes are available upon request. I would enjoy discussing your past, present and future journeys. Nature is God and Mother Earth's exquisite gift to us. Share a picture and we will enjoy the beauty through your eyes. Let's get deep and consensual with great subjective matter. This is a non judgemental safe place to let everything hang out.

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Thank you and hugs.

Torri

It took about 250 sheep to produce enough parchment to create a single Bible. But because so few people could read, and because the process of hand-copying the Bible onto sheep’s skin was so laborious, demand for books never created great danger to the sheep population.

After Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, however, and after more people began learning how to read (the two things being directly related to each other), the need for an inexpensive printing medium became acute. So, Europeans turned to something that had been invented in China about 1,300 years earlier—paper. Within 300 years of the invention of the printing press, European mills were mass-producing inexpensive paper.

The paper they were making, however, is not what we think of today. In the 1700’s paper was made of linen or cotton rags, first macerated by urine (usually human), then bleached and dried. The process was not sustainable, particularly as there were other important uses to which linen and cotton ...