Monday Meme – You Are My Mirror
This is why I sometimes affectionately refer to Ben as my little guru. He shows me so many things I need to let go of or confront. He is a very good teacher without even knowing it!
Monday Meme – President Bashing Will Not Help Us
All the Bush bashing and now the Obama bashing is disappointing and narrow minded. Obama is not “The Problem”…..we are. Our President, government, institutions, culture are a reflection of us. All of the economic problems, food and water problems, man made environmental problems, and wars are only symptoms of a single problem pushing us to
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Monday Meme – Race Is A Social Construct
We all belong to the same species, Homo sapiens, and the same sub species, Homo sapiens sapiens. Our diversity in appearance, culture, or ethnicity should not be tied to any concept of quality even though that is the underlying message frequently conveyed in our mass media’s content.
Morso 1410 Wood Stove Install & First Impressions
We finally get to put our electric space heaters away, because we just finished installing our wood stove. I’ll go over the install and give our first impressions on the stove. I considered purchasing the Jotul F 602 CB for about the same price, but we went with the Morso 1410. Both stoves are EPA
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Monday Meme – Benjamin Harrison
What if part of the label on goods sold in a retail environment included the average hourly wage in U.S. dollars that the producer paid to it’s workers?
Monday Meme – Christmas Elves
It probably wouldn’t make a good Christmas story, but it is more accurate.
New Utility Room Finished….mostly
We had no place to put our washing machine in the cabin, so I added a small utility shed next to the cabin. It is free standing and totally enclosed. To deal with the washing machine drain I ran the line separately to the same over-sized mulch pit that the shower drains into. Not much
New Cat House For Roxy
I had built a cat duplex for Roxy and Coco, but it seems that they couldn’t handle cohabitation, so I had to build Roxy her own cozy place. She’s lovin’ life all stretched out in her new place. We bought little cat beds and put them in their respective houses.
Getting Ready For Spring With More Raised Garden Beds
We are doubling the size of our small garden for this spring. We added four more raised beds using what was on hand. To make our new raised beds we used the first cuts from felling our pines to make room for the initial garden last year. Sarah is adding biomass to the bottom of
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Appalachian Trail Drink Mix
Some of the issues I had while hiking on the Appalachian Trail was keeping my energy levels up and taking in enough calories while burning up to six thousand calories a day hiking. A typical diet on the trail is less than adequate when it comes to getting all of the nutrients needed while keeping