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Tag: John Gierach

  • Good Neighbors (and Doing Something Right)

    Good Neighbors (and Doing Something Right)

    If people don’t occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you’re doing something wrong. John Gierach When we started looking for a small holding to be our homestead, this property was not our first choice. More than once we saw the listing for it, but we could tell it was going to be a…

  • Where Do We Go From Here?

    Where Do We Go From Here?

    Living gracefully in any kind of natural environment takes patience and acceptance; the two qualities we Americans have pretty much bred out of ourselves. John Gierach, Still Life with Brook Trout Here in Northeast Ohio the typical January winter weather has returned. Another winter storm, although thankfully much milder than late December’s Elliot, has blanketed…