PERMACULTURE is the science and practice of creating living systems of nature (permanent agriculture). In contrast to traditional agriculture, permaculture is characterized by: FLOW MAINTENANCE: working with nature rather than against it, ALL NATURAL: no artificial pesticides or fertilizer, and ZERO WASTE: complete cycles of use/re-use. The end result is abundance and health. Done…
I have not written directly about the President elected some months ago. Others have written often, at length. I did not see the benefit of more ink spent upon that topic. Now I’ll hazard to put my thoughts into words. Perhaps we have a President that we deserve, an person who is an example…
We live by the economy of gifts, the only economy that will last. To be in one’s right mind is to know the right use of gifts. To ask for more than is given, to take more than is given back, is to have less, and finally nothing. It follows the law of Nature,…
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o’er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O, how shall summer’s honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout,…
What do we have but right now? Nothing really. I have a “new” camera. It is a newer model of my old Sony camera. Dismayed that my Cybershot camera was run over in the driveway, I was thankful to find a affordable replacement. I discussed some issues relative to the replacement camera with the…
Monday morning, mid summer, the day promises to be hot. The front page of the NY Times offers nothing that is encouraging. On the cusp of Brexit a mega public works subway construction project in London is unlikely to be completed. Brexit means disruption socially and financially for Brits and the continental member countries. …
Friday evening was spent at the Lake County Fair. County Fairs activate memories of the Durham County Fair which I attended as a boy in North Carolina. The odor of sawdust, animals, the visual experience of a mobile pop-up village dedicated to entertainment — has not changed. The midway of amusement rides remain but…
Life goes on as it must. Patterns are established, habits ingrained, the inexorable impetus of cause and effect. Can I imagine our ancestors sense of dread at a time when they felt the gods were working against them? Has not science removed that burden? Hardly. I had a brief conversation with a friend and…
This poem came my way this morning. To be human is not fixed, a given. Its a process of learning. The curve of a individual life lived can result in wreckage, or complex beauty. I wonder if it is possible to achieve the latter without a relationship to animals? A PRAYER TO TALK TO…
I am looking forward to attending a concert tomorrow evening, Friday, at the Lake County Fair. Infinity, a cover band I’ve enjoyed in the past, is scheduled to take the main stage at 9PM. Since I am a senior citizen now, Fair admission comes at a discount. To hear tunes made popular nationally in…
