Without question a woman constantly in the presence of kids experiences the entire spectrum of harassment caused by infants, toddlers, children, and eventually teenagers. The aggravation was never visible.
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I learned in school that it’s not cool to not understand.
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If you’re leaving home to destinations unknown, for an indeterminate amount of time, with only the things you can pack in a canoe, what would you take?
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Machines like Marty have been my mental baseline for Artificial Intelligence (AI): Emphasis on “artificial” and disregard for “intelligence”.
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I’ve been asked to connect with a group of high school students on the subject of animal welfare.
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We aren’t growing much cotton in Clarion, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the game. What we do create in abundance is cowhide.
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I’ve decided that from now on when people ask me what I think about solar power I’m going to respond with my proposal to completely eliminate decorations.
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It does not take too much time to hand write something. I find it easier to pick up a pen and jot a few thoughts in a moment of tranquility than it is to fire up the computer and open the document to do the same.
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Through the years I’ve noticed patterns that are invisible to clientele and painfully obvious to the marketers themselves. My favorite pattern is that of the market conversations taking place as commerce bustles in the background.
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I would very much like the opportunity to stabilize the yard and expand my composting operation into the space.
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I set out to prove all of that dumb advice wrong. There is no way I can get anything successful done if I’m puttering around at home.
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As I type our current chickens are pecking around in their yard, unable to migrate away from the upcoming cold, dark days of winter. I am determined to provide sufficient housing for the goofy things and I believe I’ve found a solution in the form of compost.
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There is something of a war going on between the folks who believe a farm is a business and those who believe a farm is not.
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There is a pretty little stream defining the exact bottom of the valley in which I’m currently grazing my cattle. As is the case in much of our region, the water is running away from old strip mining operations which ceased decades ago.
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Employed by Native Americans to cure any number of ailments requiring detoxification of the body, roots of the plant were a valuable dietary supplement. Hunting parties would eat the roots or drink tea in order to obtain stamina for long travels followed by rigorous ambushes on unsuspecting game.
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Even at a young age, three of our four chicks had pronounced combs and wattles that suggested one thing: Roosters.
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Residential pest control, I have learned, is not limited to bugs and bees. During an overnight stay at the farm Adam regaled us with stories of groundhog removals and wild goose chases that I would’ve never associated with the term “pest control.”
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“Nothing is what it is. Success is subsidized. Money is worthless. You can’t get direction from false examples, and that’s all you get when you follow the system.”
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A group of us gets together once a month to hang out, listen to music, enjoy interesting conversation, and do nothing however we see fit to do it. Maybe you’ll join.
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Farmers, commanding large tracts of land, can choose by way of practice to increase or decrease the living complexity for everyone around them.
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