It finally arrived. Friday morning POLYFACE DESIGNS arrived in a tractor trailer, all 25,000 pounds. This book weighs a smidgen under 5 lbs., folks. If you don't want to read it, you can use it in your weight training program.

I'm reading a book manuscript by a friend about consensus government. About a quarter of the way in I'm finding nuggets that are quite good. It'll be interesting to see what it proposes as alternatives to what we have.

I've always said we'll know our side is getting traction when McDonald's starts suffering significant market decline over the long term. No business is assured perpetual success. And no business should be too big to fail. Bailouts, whether auto makers, bankers, or cities simply prop up failed policies and protocols.

I appreciated all the good comments regarding my post about access on a homestead and how it is one of the most overlooked aspects of efficient stewardship development.

The American one room schoolhouse stands out as the single most effective educational model in our history. Anyone who takes an 8th grade test administered in 1870 will see quickly that we've degraded substantially since

Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure of doing a one-day consult for a lady who 3 months ago bought her dream homestead in Tennessee.

Have you seen the documentary sequel to COWSPIRACY titled WHAT THE HEALTH? Both of these documentaries received lots of traction, creating a big splash. Both advocate eliminating meat from your diet and livestock from the world.

Are you tired of masks? Not a single scientific study shows their efficacy as currently worn. All of the studies measuring their effectiveness use a certain kind worn a certain way and measuring droplets, but do we even know those droplets increase the risk of Covid? No, we don't.

I don't read every comment on my blogs, but definitely see most of them and I'm always, always, always grateful for the feedback. I'm convinced that I'm cultivating some of the most thoughtful, sincere-minded conversations in this space and am delighted with the level of communication.

Last night Teresa and I watched the new documentary SACRED COW produced and directed by Sustainable Dish maven Diana Rodgers. Bear in mind that I watch about 2 documentaries a year and perhaps half a dozen movies. I'm a book and word guy, not a video guy. Still don't have a TV.

In a day of sound bites and band-aid fixes, sometimes it's important to realize how interconnected things are. Jim Gerrish, guru of grass management, is famous for answering almost any question with "it depends." Those are wise words.

Imagine if we had social media, internet, and Amazon when somebody said…