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I cruise Facebook in the evenings sometimes during my downtime. There’s a ton of good information there and I get to interact with people from the comfort of my own home like a true introvert should. I often see a post there that really catches my attention and gets me excited. So when several of you posted a . . . → Read More: Truly…and I Mean Truly Hacking a Garden I have a bit of a confession to make. My Buddhist leanings get me in trouble with my wife quite often. I don’t purposely try to tread on what she believes but sometimes when teaching my son he repeats something to Gretchen that sounds like I’m causing him undue mental anguish. He is getting a . . . → Read More: From Where We Came I am constantly asked for advice about “pests”. If I were to do a pie chart on the questions I’m asked about – pests would be more than a few pieces of said pie. This is always my answer: I don’t do much about pests. I pick them when I see them and I can. . . . → Read More: PLEASE BELIEVE ME!!! It has been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. By association its easy to see government as a demonic force ever intruding into our lives and tempting us with safety and comfort and leaving us worse off for the effort. Every year it seems government encroaches just a little further and . . . → Read More: Dear Government – Stay the Hell Out of My Food! This is the first in a new series of posts called Two Insects You Should Get to Know! These will be posts about two insects. Totally randomly I’m picking out insects that are thought of as good or bad but either way these are insects you want to know and learn about. Name: Squash . . . → Read More: Two Insects You Should Get to Know! It strikes me that as a species we don’t spend enough time or energy observing our natural world. I’m guilty of it as well. Heck I’ve been known to trample or hoe down plants that I planted! So I’m not always the best at observing the world around me. I posted this photo . . . → Read More: The Power of Observation, Identification and Imitation I would be lying if I said I was always really zen about everything. After all I DO avoid things like this: I’m not really sure why. I’ve been immune to poison ivy since about 1993. But it does make me think about how we perceive the world. Things fit into two nice neat . . . → Read More: Finding Virtue In Not So Virtuous Places |
 
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