If you really want a work out, forget the gym; instead, try to catch a little 40 pound pig who has plenty of room to run. I forgot how fast those little suckers could move! I had two little piggies get out the other day. They went to my neighbor’s house and took up residence under […]
Dispatches from the American Heartland: My Crazy Cow
When I bought Brownie at the sale four years ago, she was a young heifer and so wild, I could barely keep her in the corral. When I would get in the corral with her, she would run to the other side and try to jump out; I often wondered about her previous owner and […]
More from the Heartland…making soap
So I’ve started making my Christmas gifts; I’m not a big fan of Christmas, and could personally take it or leave it. However, for many, it is a special time of year, and for many others, it is especially lonely…so I do what I can to make someone else’s Christmas better. For the past two […]
In the American Heartlands, a Road to Self-Sufficiency
So here I am watching our economy hit the skids at break-neck speed (nothing like to cliches to open a piece). I have 15 acres of ground, and while I do raise some of my own food, I’ve never really explored the concept of total self sufficiency. Well, I think now is a good time […]
To My Friend, D.S….I miss you.
It is amazing how an online world can sometimes become more of a reality than the real world. I belong to such a world; most of us have never met, but somehow many of us have become friends in a way that , for some, often does not translate to "real" life. Beside our "board" communications, many of […]
A Black President in White America
"I believe our nation is ruined and has been for several decades, and the election of Obama is merely the culmination of the change," says Grant Griffin, a 46 year old white Georgia native. "If you had real change, it would involve all the members of (Obama’s) church being deported." When I read that statement […]