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My Epiphany in the Pond
A few weeks ago Michelle posted the mid-season update that we sent to our CSA members. It was pretty bleak. We’ve been experiencing an historic drought. First they said it was as bad as the one we had...
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Down the Wishing Well and My Coffee Can Solar Tracker
Several years ago, in the month of May, I was talking to one of our off-grid blog readers in California who has become a friend. We were discussing the California drought and she said “Oh we won’t see...
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2016: The Year of the Tomato
Just so I’m not accused of being totally negative about the summer of 2016, aka the summer of the drought….the spring/summer/fall of our record breaking drought…the summer of the soul-sucking drought...
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Picking Spinach in the Dark
I am NOT in a rut. I don’t think I’ve ever really been in a rut. Life constantly throws new things my way, and I’m getting better at just going with the flow. When I think of people who put on car...
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Chickens in Business Suits
In Michelle’s and my continual reinvention of ourselves economically, I am about to embark on the most exciting business pursuit yet! We’ve run our own businesses for 30 years, done electronic...
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My Prime Earning Years
Happy New Year everyone. Time for resolutions about being a better person, making better choices, blah blah blah. This fall Michelle and I did a lot of soul searching about such big life questions....
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(I wrote this in the fall, hemmed and hawed about posting it, then watched the news last night and decided it might be relevant). I was watching images of the people dealing with the latest weather...
View ArticleThat Was Fun … Not!
Whoops. I did it again. Sorry if you recently got a weird email from our website. Long story, but it was my fault as I try and learn some new software and well, I used it on my website and things went...
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Back in the Saddle
So I’m back in the garden, growing food … but on a much scaled-down version of my former manifestations. My theme song is “Back in the Saddle.” The Areosmith version. I think it’s a remake of a...
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Hop Along Jasper
Hi Everyone. I’m baaack! Sorry I’ve been away. It wasn’t you, it was me. I took a break from the blog this summer and it’s the first time I’ve done that since we started the blog in about 2005. It was...
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