"My art is my passion. The challenging aspect of painting is taking a
familiar scene and creating my own personal vision of it. When I start a
painting, I am in my own little world and tend to get lost in it. I have a
sense of awe in everything around me, finding it absolutely enchanting and
I strive to show it in my work.
Life is good and I try to enjoy it to the fullest!" - Walt Curlee
"Guiding
your homestead milk to it's destiny as a farmstead cheese can seem
onerous enough without contemplating the role of our dairy-related
fungal friends. Certainly all of the cheese books out there will
tell you to hold off on crafting the mold-ripened varieties until
you are a master of the fresh and pressed/aged types. While I agree
that you will want some experience in transforming milk into curd -
the proper perspective can allow even the novice cheese maker to
craft a stunning blue-veined frommage." By Dustin Eirdosh
"Some general guidelines for raising pigs. This information does not cover
breeding. If you have never raised a pig before, it is best to raise one or
two for the freezer to get an idea of their behaviors, abilities, and
personalities. Breeding can be tricky and handling boars can be dangerous."
By C.J. Mouser
"Rudolf
Steiner, born in 1861, is generally pictured in a dark velvety suit,
gazing, it seems, into the far distance (or more likely, into some
inner, astral landscape). He was the child of ambitious
class-bounders who had the good sense to put their only son into a
science school. Perhaps they hoped to drum some common sense into
the lad, as they were less than comfortable with his apparent ability to
see through the physical world into a parallel, ethereal universe."
By Barbara Bamberger Scott
"For the fish and wildlife crew at Tech, my new college, this career path
was more than just some lab courses and a little hunting and fishing—it
was a lifestyle. Many would be more than happy to become a hermit
and never see another road in their life. Now, while I can
sympathize with that feeling, I soon came to realize that perhaps this
particular path—as a career—was not one I should join. Let me
explain, very clearly, what led to this.Э
By Lacey Thacker
A Chippewa
allegory, this is another example of one of Jane Schoolcraft's
translated stories that found it's way into Longfellow's The Song of
Hiawatha. In this case the storyteller Schoolcraft is translating
is her mother, Ozhaguscodaywayquay. Here we are shown the beauty
and reverence of the Chippewa vision of life on earth.
"Obviously, the girl was in
some sort of dire distress. Perhaps she had rolled up the power
windows with her head outside. Maybe she’d accidentally stabbed
herself in the jugular with a nail-file and was spurting blood.
Conceivably she had decided to change one of the tires for practice, and
accidentally knocked the jack over so that the car was sitting atop her as
she bent her leg double reaching up from under the vehicle and through the
window to honk the horn with her toes." By Neil Shelton
"I know, I know, it's more fun to think of spring
and all its loveliness, but with the current health care issues, it's
helpful to remember that winter and sickness always rolls around again.
Adding medicinal plants to your garden might be the best insurance."
By Karyn Sweet
"Juba, the capital city of South
Sudan, is very likely like nothing you’ve ever seen before. It was
certainly new to me — despite working on HIV/AIDS issues for several years
and a having Master’s degree that focused on international development,
I’d never set foot in Africa before." By Tanya Balsky
"Trees are an amazing resource.
Like other things that are wonderful gifts, we too often take them for
granted. It's understandable, I suppose, because they're just
there. They live and grow quietly, keeping to themselves and putting on
age and dignity while we're busy living our own lives. " By D. Glenn Miller
