Our Missouri Life » Recreation http://www.ourmissourilife.com “We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us” -- Winston Churchill Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:38:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pioneer Nights p. II http://www.ourmissourilife.com/2010/02/03/pioneer-nights-p-ii/ http://www.ourmissourilife.com/2010/02/03/pioneer-nights-p-ii/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:30:00 +0000 Rick http://www.ourmissourilife.com/?p=359 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 without some niceties even if it is only for one night.


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It dawned on me that since I use Google Reader I can actually share them with anyone who’s interested.

So now you can click here: Articles Rick Shared and see what I’ve tagged for future reading or to save.

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Lets see, we’ve got some fresh veggies out of the garden, some fishing and one shot from the midget car races at the Grundy County Speedway. Good fun!

img00048 img00042 img00043 img00044 ]]> http://www.ourmissourilife.com/2008/09/04/lack-of-updates/feed/ 0 Slowing Down in a World Built for Speed http://www.ourmissourilife.com/2008/08/21/slowing-down-in-a-world-built-for-speed/ http://www.ourmissourilife.com/2008/08/21/slowing-down-in-a-world-built-for-speed/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:01:00 +0000 Rick http://www.ourmissourilife.com/?p=68 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”.

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As it stands now, we only have two planned out of area trips this year. One to Springfield, IL for a family reunion and the other to the property in Missouri.

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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

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