Tag: John Muir
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Springing Ahead
Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm. – John Muir Did you know that you’re more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or automobile accident on the first Monday following the spring time change? It’s true! Apparently we have a hard time adapting to that artificially influenced change in our schedule. It severely…
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You Really Have to Love It
You see, dear friend, I’m the world’s biggest fan of farming. And I want more than anything for folks who want to be farmers to be successful and to actually make good money. But that means you have to want it. You have to want it more than anything else. Joel Salatin, Your Successful Farm…
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The Gloaming
This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn, and gloaming, on sea and continents, and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls. – John Muir Within the English language…
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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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Make Time for Work and to Play
Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature. -Friedrich Nietzsche Of all the seasons, I love fall the most. Christine will tell you she favors the coming of spring, but for me fall is where it’s at. Sure, spring and summer both have their places in my heart, but there’s…
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For the Love of Goats
Working in the presence of goats is infuriating. – Todd Clark So back in June we did a thing. We packed up two goats into the back of Christine’s SUV and brought them to the homestead. It wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. We tossed the idea of goats around for a while and…
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