We live for Jesus, looking forward to an eternal perfect Heaven but doing what we can now in this world to bring Jesus' perfection here now.
We are frugal, Nancy is one the best shoppers out there. We have been doing what Dave Ramsey says and winning financially because of it.
We care about the environment. We choose to eat healthy, natural foods when ever we can. Free range chicken, organic vegetables, venison, and ice cream are some of our favorites.
Climate Zone
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I've been doing a bit of research on the climate here in Burlington,
Vermont. According to the 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, Burlington
l...
Tiny House in a Landscape
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This week’s Tiny House in a Landscape is a photo taken by Heinrick J.
Oldhauser who posted it first on the Tiny House Blogs Facebook fan page. It
was so ne...
Saturday Special
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Probably for the rest of my life I'll be preaching about fire safety. I
apologize for that, but on the other hand I don't apologize.
This week an article ...
Perfect and impossible
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The definition of a revolution: it destroys the perfect and enables the impossible. The music business was perfect. Radio, record chains, Rolling Stone magaz...
The First Wild Salad of the Season
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When sugaring season rolls around I start keeping my eyes peeled on the
ground as I walk around and gather sap. The same weather that is good for
sugaring ...
Melbourne and Bathurst book shops
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I'll be at Dymocks, Readings and The Avenue in Melbourne next Tuesday
afternoon. I'll have more details about times on Monday.On Friday 2 March
at 12 noon,...
Mama Bean finds it's not enough to be a jaded adult
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During my 20s, with each passing year, I found myself mourning lost
opportunity. With each decision I made (what course to take, what major to
declare, wha...
Preparedness
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by Linda from The Witches Kitchen
It's raining. Again. Second La Nina year in a row. It's cooler and wetter than usual, but this is the hottest La Nina ...
A Proper Dormer
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As I was driving about town today, I was struck how many houses have really
ugly, ill proportioned dormers. I’m not sure why this is so since there
are so...
Who Needs a Truck?
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As you’ve probably figured out by now, we love multi-purpose items. Over
the years, we have found that items that are not limited to just one
purpose can ...
Being Strong to Be Useful… and I need your Help.
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Readers of this blog understand that I appreciate epic challenges and
adventures. In my younger, pre-married w/ children life, that meant many
things – 10...
Natural Yeast?
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Sheepy sent me a link to a radio program that talked about natural yeast,
something I've never heard of before. (Self-Reliant Living by Preparedness
Radio ...
Talking about the Launch of Undercurrent.com
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Recently Gesture Theory launched the new Undercurrent website. This was a
great project to work on both professionally and personally. I hold a lot
of the ...
blender soap making
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Did you know you could make cold process soap
using a blender??
I was doing a little research online
for soap recipes
and came across an *article* for makin...
Nike Just Does It, Again and Again
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Yet another good example of Nike getting out and doing things to help people become better at their sports, not just saying things to them through advertisin...
Wiggle Room
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We can all use a little wiggle room. Joel Salatin has preached about the
need for resiliency in our lives and operations for many years.
Resiliency, wigg...
Releasing Piglet
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Death of a Piglet Not all stories have happy endings. Not all pictures are
pretty. The piglet above was born 20 hours ago but never thrived. Sometimes
when...
Promotional Push and Other Stuff
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We're beginning our promotional push to fill up our regular season CSA. One of the tools is the poster you can see below:
You will find this poster soon...
Hard Workers
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Most of the critters here have a job to do, and do it well. We are not
typically "cat" people, but we never take for granted the importance of
good barn c...
Instagrammin’ in Daytona Beach
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I’ve almost completely neglected my Canon. Between travel and self-care and
tons of creating (my new parenting e-course!), adding the taking, editing
and u...
TOOTHPASTE!
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Of course this isn't toothpaste or even a goat named toothpaste...
This is Mercy and you can just barely see the leaf hanging out of Bonnie's
mouth...
Mercy...
Slippery news
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One of the things needed, if you're going to strive for rationality- is
"facts" that have some chance of being real. And it's getting harder to get
hold o...
Broccomole - a yummy recipe for broccoli stems!
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I was busy this morning blanching and bagging loads of broccoli for winter. It feels to good to have a full deep freezer, with lots of yummy healthy foods th...
On sap, and mycelia
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Perhaps it’s laziness, but this household’s married couple tends to use
Christmas for getting we’d-buy-it-otherwise presents for each other. This
past hol...
Eating Hooves
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It's been a while since I've blogged anything. I kind of figured that no
one really finds our life that interesting. But I can't sleep so here
goes.
T...
A Sense of Place
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I’ve decided to let a few personal projects see the light of day. This one
in particular was done two summers ago in response to a challenge from a
good fr...
Michael Bunker Does It Again.....
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Dateline: 16 February 2012
(Special Report)
Those of you who are regular readers here may recall last year’s February
blogazine post in which I reviewe...
Putting Down a Rutabaga
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Back in 1993, on a cold near-winter’s day at Harmony Valley Farm’s market
stand in Madison, Wisconsin, I started juggling rutabagas as a way to pass
the ti...
Unified Search and Address Bar In Safari
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Apple has just announced Mountain Lion, the next update for the Mac
operating system. As I was looking through the screenshots from developers
who got to...
The New England Home Show in Boston is Almost Here!
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Join is in Boston next week at The New England Home Show! This is New England's largest and longest running home show. Be sure to stop by Davis Frame Company...
town hall meeting slides
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Hey all, For those of you who missed (or forgot!) our town hall meeting last night, I've attached the slides below. The subject last night was this question:...
Satsuma Plums
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Sharon has just harvested a load of Satsuma plums from the community
orchard, I’m so excited that these are the red fleshed variety of plums
that I dream a...
subtle fail
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I've got a bunch of talks to write over the next few weeks. I'm conscious that I've been doing varients of the same thing recently. I'd like to change that. ...
Booklist 2010
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So, I was going to post this uhm, last year, but then I just kind of forgot
about it, and then I discovered that I had literally lost my booklist from
20...
My Baby Babywearing
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My Blueberry Girl babywearing her toddler girl. She said she was proving to
me that I could still wear *her*.
Note the criscross straps for better back sup...
"It's Lambing Season!"
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One of our ewe's, Lassie, lambed in December!
It's always so much fun to have babies on the farm!
The little ewe, Holly, and Mama
It's supper tim...
Mohammad is following Jesus
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My name is Mohammad. When I was 16 years old I lost my father then mother. I have 3 brothers and one sister. I used live as a bad person. I had many Christia...
Monistary visit in Calistoga, CA
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The Kids playing by the koi pond
A saint for every day on one icon
Kassi so princessly.
These koi like cheerios
A lovely day in Caliostoga.
The koi wer...
Deliberatism
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I’m taking a short break from ideasonideas. (Don’t worry—I’ll be back.) I’m
doing so in order to find a little time to work on a new project that I
feel st...
Repurposing Wool Fibers
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Despite my interest in frugality, I'm relatively new to thrift stores.
Generally I don't enjoy shopping, but there are a couple of Goodwill stores
on ro...
Masonry Heater Part III: A Finished Finnish
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My 22" finnish contraflow heater core is finished. It probably isn't
precision perfect, but considering I had never laid a brick before in my
life; I'm pre...
Conquered the Clutterbug Nests!
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Hello everyone!
I hope you are all well and have had a good weekend. I had a busy weekend
and am happy to report that I have finally conquered the 2 worst ...
Pellet Stove Dehydration Unit #2
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Each year a small amount of our food stuff is dehydrated in order to be
preserved for the ensuing cold months. Trays of raspberries, strawberries,
and othe...
My Interview on The Setup
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My Interview on The Setup:
I’m a fan of Daniel Bogan’s The Setup and am honored to be on a short list
of interviewees alongside heroes like William Gibson...
Everything Starts Somewhere
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In the overall scheme of things a new desk might not be the biggest news
item for our family. But since I'm the one that handles all the family's
paperwork...
2012 Jump Start!
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This is where we started January 1, 2011. The Littles were really little.
Please forgive me for stealing this from Baby Bangs, a blog that I adore
and fol...
Tiny House Living – January 16, 2012
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Tiny House Living is a newsletter on tiny houses, simple living, and
sustainable architecture. The following are excerpts from news recent
articles. Tiny H...
It Ain't Over Yet
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We are all home now, and reflecting on all that God did in our lives, and
in the lives of the people of Kalavai Irular Colony. Many things didn't go
"right...
Short-Term Stored Foods at Year-End
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Barely a week past the solstice, but the chickens can tell the days are already getting longer - two eggs yesterday, another one today. We last got eggs in m...
The momentum of Steve Jobs - Satellite - Craig Mod
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The momentum of Steve Jobs
*Note: I wrote this a few days after Steve’s death, but due to an intense
work schedule, and being generally overwhelmed and wa...
A Year of Ideas, Volume Three
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Chris Butler’s mixbooks are an reversal of the popular trend towards
e-books: they scrape and un-digitize and materialise bits from the
internet, regressin...
What's Happening to the 9? (Late November Edition)
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The following pictures and text are from Phil Reader (used here with
permission), Project Manager of #9's upgrade to Federal Railway
Administration "Form 4...
OWS needs a new home.
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I've been thinking about OWS a lot lately. I'm excited that people are
finally standing up and saying "the system is broken!" and demanding
something chan...
Meet Honey
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Today we had the chance to go down and meet Honey our new Jersey heifer for
the first time. We’ve seen pictures of Honey, but they didn’t do her
justice, ...
Individual Cuts vs. The Whole/Half Hog
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I thought I would expand a little on the cuts vs. whole/half animals post a
little since there were a couple of comments on my previous post. First of
all ...
Birthday Skydiving!!
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Holy crap!! Let me tell you jumping out of a plane is a very freeing and
cleansing experience. Knowing that this could be the last couple of minutes
on ear...
KinderGARDENs Winners
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I've spent the last couple of days going over our series and your wonderful posts. I am amazed by the tenacity of we gardeners! We've had unprecedented droug...
Glorious Complications
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We need to re-rethink our city garden philosophy. This year the intensive
companion planting got way out of control. Our approach, knowing that we
would ...
Moving Day!
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Farmer’s Daughter has moved to its own domain! You can find me from now on
at http://farmersdaughterct.com In other news, I’ve also made this cute FD
butt...
AND 2011: What Questions Are You Asking?
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What kind of questions are you asking? For years, many of the questions have seemed to orient around “product” questions. Church leaders scrambled to find th...
“We’re Spent”
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Some of you may remember me writing about ideas around the participation
economy back in Spring 2009. One of those articles was entitled “The Post
Consumpt...
Parting Shots: Samurai Girl in Chicago
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After leaving our friends at the Japanese Cultural Center to head to Big
Bowl (our favorite restaurant in Chicago, and a site of great
sentimentality since...
Garden dreaming...
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My poor garden has been so sadly neglected but as my energy returns I have
trying to do a little here and a little there. Recently (um, in January,
actual...
TAD's Greatest Hits
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It's always bothered me that the blog, (unlike the book), goes in reverse
chronological order, so I thought I'd make a (probably final) post of
greatest hi...
Commercial Aquaponics Training
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On March 21 to March 24, Green Acre Organics is offering the first ever
mainland training course for the popular Hawaiian aquaponics system created
by Frie...
Etsy shop and MITTENS!
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Hey everyone,
I've not been posting here and I apologize! I guarentee that it's not
because I haven't been crocheting, I have! I also learned to knit th...
Train Travel
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My spouse, her sister and their mother are taking a train to California. I
dropped them off earlier today at the terminal.
I just received a MMS Photo o...
End of the Line #2
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The Okefenokee Swamp Layout was cut out of the room today. A sad event and
a I wouldn't let the guys take pictures.
The good news is all the lumber has be...
Sands of time
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Sands of time slipping through my fingers
Flowing like streams of water
Not to worry
They flow back
In to the endless ocean of sand
Without hurry ...
This blog has moved
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This blog is now located at http://sugarmtnfarmblog.blogspot.com/.
You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here.
For feed subs...
Packing Up and Heading Out
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This is it. My final Typepad post. I’ve packed up and headed over to my new site. All the same content, slightly different look. You can subscribe to the new...
Quick Story: Monjou
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Most Excellent Friends and Family!
I apologize for not being able to post formally through an internet
connection. In addition to having a pretty break-nec...
Issue 16: How To Design & Build a Home
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Tiny house design and construction is my favorite topic. In this issue
we’ll discuss how to approach this somewhat challenging task. I’m also very
happy to...
A guess? Anyone?
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Does anyone have any idea what my two youngin’s are doing? My ten year old
is wielding an ax and appears to be chopping ice? All the while, his little
sist...
A Fresh Start
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As I had mentioned in this post, I am starting over. I've taken the last 2 years to quell my fears in the kitchen and now am embarking on a journey to actua...
DIY
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*(I thought I'd cross-post this here--it's also on my blog, Milk and Ink.
My husband, whom I am still teaching the fine art of email (for over 6
years...),...
SMILE school
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We went from dinner to the home of Pastor Job, where we met the pastor and
his wife, along with another churchplanter (Ebenezer) and pastor (Moses).
T...
Next writing project announced!
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Okay, so the next step in my new writing project is the other new blog:
Thoughts You Can Think About (or not) I’m treating it similarly to this
blog, but I...
Mystery Shopping
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I am convinced that if I did not have a family or anything else to do I
still could not support myself on Mystery Shopping. Here is a picture of my
paperw...
We've Moved
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I packed the cart, straightened the joint up, and moved over to the new
place today. Hope you'll come visit, and hope you'll adjust your bookmarks
accordin...
BLAH what a long time since I have been here
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I have loads of excuses but it does not matter much I have neglected this
blog and I am sorry to those who have been looking forward to listening to
me bab...
Final Entry from India
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Friday after breakfast, we shared our impressions of India and the work.
Many years ago John D preached a sermon about the many people who have yet
to be t...
Headed Home!!
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Update - Jack just called me (Sami) and asked if I would post and let you
know that he and Raj and Prema just took the teams to the Chennai airport
where t...
Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!
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Well tomorrow is the big day. We are leaving Japan after living here for
two years. The way I reckon it Logan has spent half of his life here. We
have had ...
Bent...Not Broken.
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Hi. I know it's been a long time. I'm sorry. Really. I could try and tell
you all the reasons I haven't blogged for about a month...which may
actually be i...
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