Archive for April, 2010

To Have and To Hoe

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

watch river of darkness film in high quality I write the same way almost every time. Whether it be for professional purposes or just personal blogging I do a little research, I make a little “thought bubble,” and I let the juices flow. But tonight I am writing a little differently – a little more [...]

Strawberry Fields Forever

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

charlie st. cloud on dvd

Sounds From a Rural Office

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Apple Butter 101

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Everyone knows we are an Apple Butter family. But we recently ran out and had to restock. Since we had over 100 empty glass jars waiting for canning season, we decided to grab a dozen or so, pick up a few regionally grown apples, and make a medium sized batch. And just to spice things [...]

You're Not From Around Here….are you?

Monday, April 19th, 2010

the other guys the movie watch it We can all think of times when we have been at a function or gathering and we looked around only to think to ourselves, “They’re not from around here.” It is often used to dismiss those we don’t feel comfortable being in the same socio-political arena with. But [...]

The Tao of Fishing

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

When the garden is planted and the strawberries aren’t quite ripe for picking and the corn has been sewn and there is little else worth doing on a Saturday morning it is a safe bet that quite a few folks can be found heading to the lake or the pond to do a little meditating [...]

The view from eye level

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

I think it is okay to not always see eye-to-eye. This holds true for relationships with spouses, parents, friends, children, etc. Such behavior doesn’t make one party right and one party wrong. It just makes both parties different from the other. But why? Why are we different? Is there a point? I can think of [...]

It Ain't Over Till the Fat Guy Tills

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

After a long week at work I was ready to get out and join Pan Saturday morning for some garden work. The weather looked to be promising and we had days ago decided to give up on the old adage about waiting till after Good Friday to plant or whatever that colloquialism is. We started [...]