Do you ever stroll through the aisles of your local supermarket, scanning prices, looking for sales, and attempting to find the best mustard, cereal, or cookie amongst dozens of options? … Read more Excessive Consumer Choice–How About Some Repurposing? →
According to Freshly Pressed: 651,002 new posts today on WordPress. When I search for hunting, deer hunting, or bow hunting, I’m amazed at the dearth of related posts out of… Read more Why I Hunt →
I’ve realized that a raspberry patch and a chicken run are only somewhat compatible. That blackberries can thrive in the most marginal soil. That when a hen’s comb and wattle… Read more Tires, Tomatoes, and Gardening Ethics →
Why do I like to make amateurish attempts to build furniture? Or brew beer, bow-hunt for deer, keep chickens, or grow food? Matthew B. Crawford helped me connect the dots… Read more Tracing Actions to the Source →
I’m constantly throwing darts at the slightly oscillating bulls-eye that is my evolving notion of thoughtful living. The tosses have been getting closer to the mark thanks to some new… Read more Shop Class, Minimalist Living, and a Hands-On Day. →
For two years, the Barred Rock Hens Ms. Pickles, Marge, and Middles have resided in my back yard in a custom built coop, design courtesy of my fellow Fern Creek… Read more Ms. Pickles leads me to Jonathan Safran Foer →
In an essay for Middlebury Magazine last winter, I wrote the following: “If all of my skills and interests exist in a digital sphere, what do I do if I… Read more Productivity and Pallets →
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