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State of the Farm: The New Shed, July 2026

I haven’t posted much about woodworking for a while here. The truth is, the shop has been a bit restrictive of late. I have some

The End of America as We Know It

This was not a post I wanted to write. (Picture from here.) The post World War II United States—and to a large extent the world—was

State of the Farm, July 2026

Well, it’s that time of the year where we look at the garden and decide what worked and what didn’t. First, let’s talk about the

Consideration of Works Past: The Green Rain

I have several topics I want to write about but right now I’m under serious deadlines. So, here’s another Consideration to be considered. (Picture from

Consideration of Works “Past”: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Usually I talk about works I read when I was younger now rediscovered. But in this case, I’m going to talk about something that I’ve

State of the farm, June 2026

Well, the new garden is planted. The map is shown here. It’s still early days so we haven’t had a lot of seedlings. Radishes, certainly.

State of the Farm, May 2026: Behold, The Terracing

You may recall that we were planning to terrace the garden. It took a lot of planning and a week and some fairly hard work

Cheese Ends, 2026-05-04

Let’s see if I can do this without depressing myself. (Picture from here.) Neanderthals have been prominent in my fiction since the very beginning. In