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Wall, shelf, rotation and debris | (1)
Tim and I were talking at coffee the other morning, he brought up storm spotting and a class being taught up near the county line.
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Almanac
February Full Moon: Snow moon
Named for the heavy snows, it is also called the Hunger Moon. It rises February 28.
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Two Mile Ranch
Who are you? | (0)
With the hoopla of the Super Bowl over, there is some commentary on the performance of The Who, playing their most popular songs, many of which also happen to be the theme songs of of the CBS shows in the CSI series. The most well known, perhaps, asks the question “Who Are You?”
…it was uphill, both ways, in cardboard shoes | (1)
Oh, the stories we tell.
Winters now are never as bad as the winter’s of our grandparent’s youth, when they walked to school — up hill, both ways — in cardboard shoes — and they liked it!
Snow angel and the ghost of King Louie | (1)
Fresh snow is perfect for making snow angels. And by tradition, Christmas is the best time to be visited by ghosts from the past.
Last year about this time, King Louie, Scout and Ace were still hanging around Two Mile Ranch. It was March, after a long and loud crowing season, when the three pheasants moved
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She wrote: “Merry effin’ Christmas” | (1)
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
A newspaper man in 1897 wrote those lines in what became one of the most reprinted editorials in the history of print. Francis Pharcellus Church, answered an 8 year old girl who wrote him asking:
“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
“Some of my little friends say there is no
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Almanac
February Full Moon: Snow moon | (0)Named for the heavy snows, it is also called the Hunger Moon. It rises February 28.
Animals and Livestock
Famous chickens and The Spendid Table | (1) My Sunday mornings include listening to Lynne Rossetto Kasper and The Splendid Table®. Sunday’s episode included a discussion of “french chickens” sometimes called “Freedom Rangers” or “Colored Range” chickens – the chicken breed I grew this year.
Produce and Ag
Sites I read: Hunter Angler Gardener Cook | (1) Hank writes:
I write. I fish. I dig earth, raise plants, live for food and kill wild animals. I drink bourbon, Barolo or Budweiser with equal relish and wish I owned a farm. But most of all I think daily about new ways to cook and eat anything that walks, flies, swims, crawls, skitters, jumps –
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Small and Sustainable
An update from Maine and talk of barns | (0) Lou Ureneck blogged about his cabin building on the New York Times and has moved his blog to it’s new home at MaineCabinBlog.com coinciding with his completion and move in to the space. We’ve swapped emails from time to time during his building and I look forward to his notes, ideas, challenges, and sharing the world of a small cabin life. So, as I wrote earlier, what do you call a colleague / friend / email correspondent / blog buddy? “Neighbor” works well.
