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First Days
June 19, 2012 A day of firsts defines yesterday. The summer after-school program began (our latest start ever…snow days kept school in session longer than normal). And the first workgroups of the summer arrived and began working on a number of projects—one of which is clearing a lot where we will build a home destroyed…
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Not A Weed
May 29, 2012 An irrigation ditch runs along the west side of the farm. Diverted from the Yakima River, the ditchwater has visited a hundred farms and ranches by the time it reaches the JustLiving Farm. Flowing past farms and homesteads means the seeds and plants of others get caught up in the water and…
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Boots
May 26, 2012 I put on a new pair of boots today. Letting the old worn-out boots go isn’t easy. Boots worn on a mostly daily base speak something about the wearer’s life. Boots tell a story about the wearer’s physical life, social life, and spiritual life. My old boots always go through the same…
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Between the Ridges: George Tinker Presentation
May 10, 2012 Over the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time writing on the Doctrine of Discovery (DoD). The DoD, while it has yet to have little exposure in our schools or seminaries, drives much of how we think culturally and socially. In developing my thoughts concerning…
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May Mother
May 9, 2012 Each October we turn the buck in with the does, which then gives us kids in March. But, every once in a while, a doe doesn’t take the first time around, or the second. Yesterday, two full months after all the other does kidded, the last one had her baby. After two…
Chewing the Cud 