Woke this morning to the sound of thunder….how far off? I laid there and wondered. Just kidding…paraphrasing Bob Seger. It’s never too early to paraphrase Bob Seger. ( Did you ever get a chance to notice what a good writer … Continue reading
Category Archives: environment
I did a post a couple of weeks ago called “…down by the river“. It was about living out of a van….YouTube video of a guy who was down on his luck and living out of his van…pontificating about all … Continue reading
There’s a Christian band that I love who were active in the 70’s and 80’s called the 2nd Chapter of Acts. It was one of those “wore out the grooves” situations…back in the day when that statement made sense. Now … Continue reading
I’m almost down to the last of the bag of coffee beans I usually buy. I have a new bag…a fresh bag…waiting in the cupboard for me so it’s not even some weird minor “emergency” that I’ve almost finished with … Continue reading
This kind of stuff used to look appealing. I used to think that communal living would be pretty great. I was born in 1960…so even if I was just a kid, somehow I identified with all the hippies and that … Continue reading
I have a bunch of places on my mail route where I have to cross a dormant railroad track. I slow down each time I cross it…look both ways…and then remember that it’s been years since a train has come … Continue reading
“Beautiful enough to cause the Angels to stop in mid-flight.” That’s a quote from this film about homesteading. These are my people. This is where my family came from. It’s funny to listen to this…all the cadences of the voices…the … Continue reading
Something free sounds pretty good to an 18-year-old manboy. The summer before my senior year of high school, I went up to Minnesota with a buddy to work for a high-voltage electrical contractor. The contractor was building power line towers … Continue reading
This is a video about a guy named Heimo Korth who lives a backwoods life up in Alaska. I’d read a book about him a while back called “The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska’s Artic … Continue reading
I have a friend who is a songwriter who has absolutely zero internet presence. I’m not saying that he doesn’t have presence…he has more presence than most people I know. He’s a very charismatic guy. It’s just that he hasn’t … Continue reading