Electric Wind
Electric Wind William Kamkwamba lived in an impoverished area of Africa with no electricity or running water. Born to uneducated parents he knew that education was his only hope for a better future for his…
June 2022
We’ve been buffaloed!
We’ve been buffaloed! I’ve heard it over and over, and I’m sure you have too. Those who repeat it most often use it to support their contention that Native Americans were natural people who purposely…
The Falls
The Falls In Giles County, Virginia, not too far from the quaint little town of Pembroke there is a place where the Little Stony Creek leaps and dances through the mountains for mile after mile. …
Getting Your Goat
Getting Your Goat When Americans visit other countries around the world those crazy foreigners sometimes treat us like we’re odd. They say Americans are rude know-it-alls who often don’t have any idea what we’re talking…
All Cooped Up: Part 2
All Cooped Up: Part 2 As I said in my previous post, I started trying to salvage an old work shop and convert it into a home for my new poultry flock. With the bird…