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Encounters with Wildlife 31.05.2025 13:44 ↓

Papa Rod is befriended by newborn fawns.

Theory is Always Derived From Praxis 25.05.2025 14:59 ↓

Perhaps we do better to ponder big things in the contexts of our small day to day, rather than trying to apply big theories to our small realities.

Spring's First Shadow 17.05.2025 9:22 ↓

That moment when the sun has moved far enough north to illuminate the shadowed side of the hill.

Finding Context and Focus 10.05.2025 12:40 ↓

Let's explore intentionally curating sacred space and time.

Stewarding, Maintaining, and Creating 03.05.2025 10:32 ↓

Papa Rod free-associates and rambles on about whatever pops into his head.

The Unencumbered Birch 26.04.2025 17:34 ↓

We do well to tend that which we have cursed, until the curse is lifted and we sit together in the shade of the Unencumbered Birch.

Summer on One Side 19.04.2025 12:33 ↓

Getting work done with family before Autumn takes over completely.

Long Live the Queen 12.04.2025 7:32 ↓

Pondering your mortality needn't be a morbid affair.  

Transitions and Thresholds 05.04.2025 14:47 ↓

Ponder the nuances of the passage of time.

Stones Stones Stones 29.03.2025 10:03 ↓

Pondering the balance of form and function.

One Moment at a Time 23.03.2025 11:55 ↓

You don't have to be strong to push back the weight of the earth, you just do it one moment at a time.

The Recurring Struggle 15.03.2025 10:26 ↓

How does one teach himself to rest from work that feels like rest?

A Great Deal of Work is Taking Place Elsewhere 08.03.2025 14:35 ↓

Sometimes, we can see evidence of work being done somewhere else, but even if we can't see it, it doesn't mean it isn't happening.  

Surprises 01.03.2025 15:08 ↓

No matter how slowly you learn to live, life is fast.

Showers of Blessing 22.02.2025 16:39 ↓

Learning to submit to blessings when they seem like inconveniences.  

If The Lord Builds the House 15.02.2025 14:52 ↓

We gather a great deal of things as we go through life, but perhaps the only things we can keep are the moments in which we are present enough to gather them.  Be in those moments, and hang on to them when everything else we've gathered returns to dust. Let's find our dwelling in a house that is built to last.

Stiff Finger Therapy 08.02.2025 9:33 ↓

Adding the brilliance of Johann Sebastian Bach to the ordinary of the days on The Farm.  

Breaking Stick Tools 01.02.2025 10:22 ↓

Solving problems and breaking tools.  

More Tools 25.01.2025 11:35 ↓

Becoming a tool among the many tools from past generations, and being used to make things that last.

Hammers and Chisels 18.01.2025 10:48 ↓

Looking forward to building after tearing down for quite some time.

Subverting the Achilles Paradox 12.01.2025 9:51 ↓

How can one go so far, and still get no closer to where he's going?

Dreaming a New Retaining Wall 04.01.2025 10:14 ↓

Traditionally, people were innovative.  One isn't traditional simply by doing things the old ways.  

Naming and Noticing 28.12.2024 11:42 ↓

One cares for what he names, and he names what he cares for.

Christmas Special Edition 25.12.2024 5:54 ↓

Pondering the experience of the neonatal Christ Child on a bright Christmas morning.

Advent Special Edition 4 23.12.2024 15:33 ↓

A series of contemplations on popular contemporary themes of Advent.