I no longer have bees. I kept a couple of hives to get some honey and pollinate my peaches, cherries, apples and garden. The fall before last was mild and I had a late September swarm (I usually don’t even look […]

A nice summary that I completely agree with Numerian. The quality and the sense of community is what has kept me lurking for the past ten years or more.
Monetizing a blog or any social media is the primary […]

I don’t know what is happening at the Agonist but I am sad about some of it. Steve, Matt, Steelweed, you gotta do what you need to do. I’ll miss the snark and comments as I have followed for the last ten years. […]

I don’t want to sound calous but I get really tired of all the press, and the what-if questions.
There are many tragedies each and everyday that can be avoided with a little bit of will and a spirit of community. […]

The government and banking complicity is the topic of John Le Caree’s ‘Our Kind of Traitor’. Don’t mess with the big boys and their money (hint: the big boys are not the cartels).

Up in southern Ontario, winds and rain are picking up.  Only 40 mph gusts but power outages in Toronto and Kitchener (nearest populated area).Use to be rural power was spotty, seems now the urban areas are more […]

This is not just a US problem, most governments are neutured from the start. Even a radical election results in the same old same old. There just isn’t a lot of wiggle room since business runs the show. Even a […]