Rele-e-e-ease the Quackin!
Rele-e-e-ease the Quackin! Let me start off this post with a confession. I chose the title because I heard it on a YouTube video and liked it so much that I stole it. Another confession:…
Homesteading
Mom was wrong?
Mom was wrong? Most of our mothers never intentionally lied to us. No, but they did tell us old wives’ tales. Of course, they did that to teach us young-‘uns things that would protect us…
Choosing Chicks
Choosing Chicks The last flock of chickens I owned had a pretty good life with me…with a couple exceptions. I bought them as day-old chicks and raised them to lay eggs for my family. When…
Sweetwater Days 10, Part 2 – Heads Up!
Sweetwater Days 10, Part 2 – Heads Up! Well, the 2021 deer season turned out great. I got to spend a lot of time out in the woods and enjoyed time with one of my…
A Tale of Tails: White and Bushy
A Tale of Tails: White and Bushy The light was dimming as evening approached. My seven-year-old grandson, John, sat as quietly as he could, perched on a stool beside me. It was his first time…
Cheap but Worth Hundreds
Cheap but Worth Hundreds Even though Annie and I have been drinking water straight out of the spring for more than a year now with no ill effects, we knew from the start that it…
Water you sayin’? Part 2
Sweetwater Days 09 Water you sayin’? Part 2 Before I get into the springhouse…you know what I mean, I want to tell something else. When we bought Sweetwater, there was a dilapidated shed behind the…
Water you sayin’? Part 1
Sweetwater Days 09 Water you sayin’? Part 1 I love Sweetwater. Our property in the Ozark Mountains is a place where Annie and I can relax and entertain our grandkids. I can hunt and we…
The Cleanliness Conundrum
The Cleanliness Conundrum What is going on here? Over the last century plus, people in “civilized countries”, especially those who live in cities, have improved their hygiene to the point that many people have very…
Sweetwater Days 08, Part 3
Sweetwater Days 08, Part 3 As I said in Part 2 of Sweetwater Days 08, I had cut down and reassembled the table a couple weeks earlier, but I hadn’t had time to shorten the…