"To Heck With The Organic Concept..."
Last week I listened to a podcast featuring a man named Bruce Tainio. He had an intreguing talk about microbial soil health but what...Read more
15 Minute Workout
I'm not a gym guy. The idea of taking time out of my day to go to a building to exercise next to or...Read more
Against Suppliments
A few days ago I listened to Episode #81 of the Regenerative Agriculture podcast. The host is an Amish farmer and entreprenuer named...Read more
Bittersweet Christmas Liturgy
At the end of our Christmas liturgy (Mass), several members of an extended family and their close friends came to the front of the...Read more
Clueless in Gardenland
The eggplant and snap peas are dying. In the same small garden bed the zucchini, bell peppers, basil and dill are all looking okay....Read more
Cultural Angst
It's safe to say my family is in a place of transition within the Catholic church. Due to our dissatisfaction with elements of the...Read more
The Dignity of Home
Why are so many people rejecting their homelands? Home is where we are born. Home is where our family is. Home is where our...Read more
The Dignity of Home 2
I wrote the second part of The Dignity of Home before the first part but wanted to introduce the topic differently so re-wrote it...Read more
The Topper
A year ago at this time I was in the midst of completing a topper for my Nissan Frontier that began as a...Read more
Two Momentous Events
Two momentous events happened on May 8. The first was that after three-and-a-half years of indecision and uncertainty I finally talked to a contractor...Read more