Back in November, I posted a piece about Pioneer Nights. Seeing this piece from Jamie Lee Curtis about an incident at her families mountain get away home made me both laugh and sad all at one time. Seems there really is a value to being … Read More →
Category Archives: Recreation
What do I read?
I often get asked what type of things do I read. What do I read as far as articles for work, articles for our property, ideas for the home and land, gardening, cooking and etc. It dawned on me that since I use Google Reader … Read More →
Lack of updates…
Between the things happening in the pictures below and more, I’ve not had much time to post. I have some topics to post and I’ll get them posted in the next week or so… Lets see, we’ve got some fresh veggies out of the garden, … Read More →
Slowing Down in a World Built for Speed
NOTE: The volume in the pre-roll BMW ad is quite loud! Journalist Carl Honore—author of the best-selling book In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed—discusses how he believes our culture’s obsession with speed “erodes [our] health, productivity and quality of life”.
“Staycations”
Somehow this story over at Green Daily made me feel vindicated. We’re more or less doing “staycations” (stay at home vacations) this year due to gas prices. As it stands now, we only have two planned out of area trips this year. One to Springfield, … Read More →
Seed Balls
Though not really related to our property this was too good to pass up – Simply drop them where you want plants to show up (flowers and etc.). How to make seedballs