Dave

  • Balancing Circles

    November 21, 2011 Native American Heritage Month Balance does not always mean same.  Grandma stepped up the ladder time and again picking fruit.  Prepared on the porch and cooked in the kitchen it ended up in mason jars—shelf after shelf… Continue reading

  • The Curious Local Faded-Sign-Out-Front Diner

    November 18, 2011 Wood is curious.  Like sun-dried tomatoes, if you didn’t know anything of its earlier existence you wouldn’t have a clue where it came from.  Attentive folks looking at a burl may picture a knotty growth on the… Continue reading

  • Stop It All

    November 15, 2011 Native American Heritage Month We all do it.  We eat our animals without knowing.  Knowing them or ourselves.  It makes it easier, doesn’t it?  Easier to let others raise our food in confined feedlots where manure piles… Continue reading

  • Going

    November 11, 2011 Native American Heritage Month As the fall morning sun crests the southeastern slope of the ridge and begins today’s journey across frosty landscape, I wonder.  I wonder, where are we going today?  We—the people, who have known… Continue reading