UPDATE: By “you” I do not mean you, Dear Readers, but “you”– the folks I was talking to in person yesterday. I have so little in common with you. And yet I try. Food? Gardens? Guns? I try.
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via Organic Consumers Association, a group with which I’m not always in agreement. But this time I am. Link, in case you have trouble reading.
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I wouldn’t have believed this even if I’d seen it with my own eyes. Daughter C. driving the truck. She built this fire, too! From scratch!! Self-reliance. Ain’t it great?
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Yes. I meant that to be ambiguous. Seems as if coyotes and coyote experts are everywhere these days. I don’t mind it at all when the coyotes who live on the Farm bark at night. I especially like it when we have City Mice staying with us– the howling contributes so much to the City
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Freedom to homeschool at HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) via Tea Party Economist via Newsalert. In case you can’t read the legend, Green=Good (fewest regulations); Yellow; Orange: Red=Bad. The site has a state specific list. Mississippi (in part): A child must be educated in a “legitimate home instruction program” which is one that is not
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I’d do it myself. Unfortunately, I’m rather busy today. I just don’t have time today to get the deer gun, shoot the danged thing, drive the truck down to the range, load it in the truck (how much does the big one weigh, I wonder), and take it to the processor.
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a Blank Hunk of Wood Around Which Our Lives Revolve. A Tabla Wood. Here, Mr. Big Food has just gotten off the phone with Miss Marly, who he’d been talking with– while standing around the Kitchen table– about cooking kale. Here, Rocky and Missy are tidying up the floor under the Kitchen Table. Good Dawgs
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As you may recall, I am a Marker’s Mark Ambassador. I take this very seriously– I have business cards!– because in the coming days, weeks, months, and years we are all going to need some good bourbon. Next to encouraging gun ownership and Libertarian thinking, introducing folks to bourbon is one of the most Patriotic
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Via Daughter C. whose boyfriend* participated in making this video about Jackson, Mississippi. Interesting. The garden plots are awesome![One typo in the first 10 seconds. The population of Jackson has lost 11,000 people, not 1000.] *UPDATE: In case you were looking for him, Mr. Bow Tie is not pictured. He’s one of the video’s creators.
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There’s a Hostess Outlet store in town. Ah heck. There is no way to write this but to use a truthful tense.There was a Hostess Outlet Store in town. In addition to bread and Twinkies it had a wide assortment of goodies including some Bob’s Red Mill items. Yesterday we drove into the parking lot, and
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Miss M. has been making forests of trees from crappy old magazines. Meanwhile, the Persistent Hunter tried again while Missy and I wished we could shoot the deer gun out of the bedroom window. Seriously. BOOM. This is getting silly.
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It’s a beautiful day here on the Farm– a bit chilly but beautiful. The Bartman’s here and as per usual when the Bartman is here there’s some shootin’ goin’ on. I tried out The Bartman’s latest acquisition and I don’t think I did too badly at 7′, having never shot his new sidearm before and
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21-13 at half time This must have been quite a game! There was a rally in town last evening before the game, and signs up all along the highway taunting the Bruce team. I think this means they advance to the playoffs. The Egg Bowl starts at 6pm this evening. Cross your fingers. Football– especially
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Sauce for pre-assembled vegan green bean casserole and a couple of pies were planned for Wednesday. There were seven of us. Before Daughter C and Co. came out Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Big Food and Miss M. did some prep cooking. After they arrived, we put away the fruits of their labors– Ula’s homemade breads, Bruno’s
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I’ve learned to put the cranberries between dressings so as to avoid pink mashed potatoes. It will take about 30 minutes for everything to heat up. Meanwhile, on a nearby burner the turkey carcass is simmering away. It will simmer for about eight hours, be refrigerated over night and then be skimmed and then there
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when you start calling the day after Thanksgiving “Black Friday?” via Drudge which (who?) I know deals in hyperbole, but still. By the way, the man who was punched in the face by a rabid line-cutting shopper had a Texas concealed carry permit and will not be charged.
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As you know, the Pilgrims arrived in December 1620, and I doubt they really looked like this. (Courier and Ives) To say the least, they struggled. In all seriousness, it is fascinating to read Bradford’s account of their fist few years. As it turns out, there were deceitful men on both sides of the Atlantic
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And that’s about as far as I got. Today, Daughter C and I traveled to Exit #168 on I20 in Alabama to meet Miss M. 11:20 Central, I arrive to pick C up. 11:20 Central, I’m waiting for C. 4:25 Central, we’re in Gordo Alabama, heading west. 8:45 Central, The Pack is Back. And you
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I’ve been looking at some numbers, calculating drive times, ETAs, & cetera, and dealing with Missy as I’ve been doing these other things. Stay tuned! Hopefully it will be a quick trip and Miss M., Daughter C, and I will be back on the Farm in time for more numbers looking. Poor Mr. Big Food. He’ll
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