Archive for the 'Rural Life' Category

Nothing Between Me and the Sun but a Smile (part 1)

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Sun is shining, the weather is sweet
Make you want to move your dancing feet
-Bob Marley, Sun Is Shining
Much outdoor work is done at Odom’s Idle Acres. In fact, projects and improvements are one of the things that make the name of the farm so paradoxical. On any given weekend there is little idleness to the [...]

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 [...]

If they asked me, I could write a book…..

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

I have not told anyone yet until now. So, my dearest blog readers (all 2 or 3 of you) I am pleased to announce that I was contacted by the Managing Editor of The Farmer’s Almanac (yes, that is THE Almanac) to write a piece for the 2011 version. Of course I said “yes, yes, [...]