A week into the farm
There is no sunshine streaming through my front window today. The living room will not by warmed in golden light, but still I have to draw the drapes. Outside the…
Settling In
9 A.M. on my second day at the new farm. It's sifting that fine icy snow that looks harmless but often just goes on and on like flour sifting into…
Inspection- 12 Years a Slave and Centuries of Racism
by Ken Carman Yesterday, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, my wife and I went to 12 Years a Slave. I'm going to try to not tell you too…
This is why we can’t drown government in a bathtub…
The Republicans are busy blaming Obama for a chemical spill at an un-inspected storage facility to cover up the fact that they have led the parade to dismantle and obstruct…
Woods Life
Into the woods. In our collective memories, this is a somewhat sinister phrase. In literature it is often used as a scary place to avoid - think of The Wizard…