Why ELSE permaculture hasn’t caught on
As I mentioned yesterday, in the course of writing my post, I was able to think of three more reasons why permaculture hasn’t caught on yet. So rather than creating one long mega post, I split it up...
View ArticleLead from the front, not from the mud
Despite how much I am desperately looking forward to leaving at least this particular part of my career behind, feel like I have taken many good lessons away from it. I had the good fortune to work...
View ArticleMy goal for a new job
First off, I just have to say, technology is an amazing thing sometimes. I couldn’t get the old writing juices flowing this morning, so instead, I can write on my “lunch break” on my phone. How cool...
View ArticleFired for doing the right thing
Sorry that I have been absent for a few days, but I would rather not put out a product at all, than insult all of your intelligence by recycling the same ideas over and over. With Easter weekend and a...
View ArticleBest use of a free prize EVER
I seem to have gotten a lot of the actual anger out of my system last night for the firing of my friend, which is good. Long term it doesn’t affect me at all, so there was no reason to walk around...
View ArticleLeadership Lifecycle
I learned a valuable leadership lesson today, or more specifically, I was able to finally articulate a leadership lesson today, and I really felt I had to share. I believe the entire premise of...
View ArticleLive each day like it’s your first
I have officially hit the jump. I am now in the single biggest in-between period of my life. I have left my job, to prepare for my move to Kentucky. I am in the process of leaving my house and my...
View ArticleMy Permaculture Transformation
It happened so gradually, I didn’t even see the transformation taking place. A year ago, almost to the day, I was still a normal person. I could wander around outside, and just see terrain. It would be...
View ArticleThe Portable Poultry Palace (Road Coop) is complete
So a couple of days ago Jenn and I finally buckled down and built the road coop for our girls. It was one of the last things that we had to complete, in terms of time-consuming manual labor. So now...
View ArticleHomemade Radish Pickles
Well folks, I have been away from the blogging keyboard for awhile. I am not sure if I will try to make this a regularly scheduled even again or not, as my goals have shifted a good bit after...
View ArticleMaybe it wasn’t the Mountains
I had an interesting experience today, and it gave me some pause for reflection. Being from western Pennsylvania, there are hills everywhere, but you can’t tell, because you are stuck in them all of...
View ArticleRadish Pickle Follow up
So admittedly Jenn and I have been on a kick lately for pickling things. We really can’t wait until it’s fall crop time so we can pickle our own beets. I don’t know what it is, maybe the heat of the...
View ArticleMy No Shave November Journey
Well my friends, I have finally bowed to socially conscious peer pressure. I generally manage to avoid all trends and fads that lead to people doing things that make themselves feel like they helped,...
View ArticleHow I changed my life for the positive
Apparently my subconscious mind has been simply yammering away at decoding why it is I am so recently able to be positive. I really hadn’t dedicated much more thought to spelling it out, but I woke up...
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