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Awareness of the Simple
There are many ways of understanding simple things, but generally the opposite is true for difficult ideas. Miyamoto Musashi There are so many things we take for granted. Truths we just accept. But when somebody speaks the truth of why we take that for granted we are enlightened. Our mind opens in a sort of…
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Rock Stars of the Homesteading World
The one argument for accessibility that doesn’t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people’s lives. How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people’s lives just by doing our job a little better? Steven Krug Hey farm fam! Spring has yielded to Summer and it seems like we’ve…
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The Greening
“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between them, there are doors.” William Blake While these legendary Doors were great, the ones I am talking about are much less dark and cynical…although Jim Morrison was an amazing poet, a madman genius in his time, the doors…
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Jess Sowards – The Rant Everyone Needs to Hear
At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind. – Michael Pollan That’s it. That’s the post.
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Moving Beyond Serendipity
Shallow men believe in luck or circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson We have a story to tell. Years ago when I first met Christine I noticed that she had an article that hung on the side of her refrigerator. It was a small piece by Joanna Gaines titled, The…
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Looking Back on Our Future
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. Seneca Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it is 2023. When we were younger time seemed to move so much slower. We waited for time to pass, wanting for things in our future to come to us quicker. But as we’ve aged it seems…
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Digging in the Dirt
Despite all our accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains. Paul Harvey, “So God Made Me a Farmer” (1978). As fall winds down and leads into winter, I struggle with what to write on a weekly basis. Sure we’re still collecting eggs and preparing for the…
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The Best Time to Start Is Now
Get Out Now. Not just outside, but beyond the trap of the programmed electronic age so gently closing around so many people at the end of our century. Go outside, move deliberately, then relax, slow down, look around. Do not jog. Do not run. Forget about blood pressure and arthritis, cardiovascular rejuvenation and weight reduction.…
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Finding Your Tribe
We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness… – Robert Fulghum You’re weird. There, I said it. You’re weird. Don’t be offended though. It’s going to be okay. I’m weird…