Ben Harper….Hallelujah….live

There’s lots of versions of this song….some listenable….some horrible….some Jeff Buckley….but…. Man! Ben Harper! Pretty darm great! (Pretty “darm” was a typo….but maybe that’s my new, more emphatic version of “pretty darn”…sounds almost like….?)

Family of 7! Off-grid in Canada!!

Big ice storm here….the trees bending and popping….getting ready to let mayhem rule on our power lines. Maybe we’ll lose power soon? I better write fast. Here’s a family who live in Canada….solar powered homestead….off-grid. Check out the new “battery … Continue reading

Mandolin Orange

The beauty of having a really great radio station in my area (WNCW 88.7) is that I get to hear music I might not if ….I didn’t have a really great radio station in my area. They play this band … Continue reading

the conundrum….

Here’s a nice video about a woman living in a yurt on some friend’s land up in Canada. It made me think about the things we do to support the things we have. Maybe that’s part of being a “grownup”? … Continue reading

in the ditch

I’m tired when I finish a day of driving the mail around. Coming out of town on my way home from work, I must not have jumped on the transition from 20 mph to 55 mph quick enough, because a … Continue reading

Leave No Trace

A lot of the movies that I encourage Jenny to watch with me aren’t much good. This wasn’t one of those. This was one of the good ones. A father, dealing with PTSD, lives out in the forest with his … Continue reading

Terra Free Band….

Hah! Check this out! First year of college…first roommate ever…David Biemiller! Here’s a couple of videos that he did with his band, Terra Free. The videos were done by a guy named Ty Roberts. 1985! That was a while ago, … Continue reading

Bury the Bus….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A-4W0k6xBA I’ve corresponded with this guy some….back in the day. Nice guy. Used to send out CD’s of survival information….for free….just to help folks in their “prepping”. It’s good to be prepared. I never buried a bus, though. Not yet….at … Continue reading

My New Mail Van?

Jenny saw one of these for sale out of Canada the other day and asked, “how about this for a mail van?” I told her it was too weird and probably hard to find parts for it. Maybe I was … Continue reading