Going through my archives in search of apropos essays for re-posting, this one came to the surface.  As you can probably sense, it was written during one of my more cynical moments.  I am certain many of you can help me revise and update this job description….I’ve yet to have anyone apply! I am still […]

This story originally ran in 2011.  As the subject resurfaces regularly on the internet, I am re-posting it again this week.  I am still at work on my latest manuscript, and anticipate a return to regularly scheduled programming in May.   Is it possible for animals and people to live together sustainably? Is it possible […]

This post originally ran in October of 2009, but in honor of Valentines’ Day this week, it seems appropriate to select this as this week’s re-post.  I am still at work on my manuscript.  If I am able to stay on schedule, I anticipate returning to regular blogging and Tuesday Posts at the end of […]

If I had to pinpoint a start for the latest battle, I guess I’d have to say it was the plum pudding.  I sent an email last week to Mom, going over the menu for Christmas day, specifically asking her to make my Holiday Pudding recipe that doesn’t call for any grains.  She called me […]

    I was sixteen when my mom figured out that one of her friends was being abused by her husband. Mom did what she could. She tried to talk to her friend. She got her phone numbers for shelters and domestic violence hotlines. She proposed escape plans.   And then, one night, we received […]

I like sitting. Or, at least, I like the idea of it. While I’m pretty oblivious to most aspirational magazines and catalogs that I stumble across, I do find myself drawn to flip through the pages of anything featuring home furnishings. I have no desire for a new couch, better dinnerware, a patio dining set […]

  This morning, before the sun rises over the mountain ridge, Mom and Dad will be out in the back field, quietly gathering up broilers, loading them into crates, putting them on the back of the Mule, and driving them over to the processing shed, where Bob and Clint will join them, throw back a […]

Opting for a life of gainful unemployment, one directed by entrepreneurial, agricultural and other pursuits of the heart, prompts a lot of questions from folks who are curious about it.  And the one that comes most frequently is, “what are the greatest challenges?”   I think I know the answers they are anticipating:  working long […]