Not that a dog could climb into the crook of a tree.......

Good grief, I'm still thinking about this. The tiny creature could be a cat or dog.....

Aha. Your hashtags offer clues. "Off grid." Maybe these were homesteaders. maybe the Bible bearer is a grandma, or a mom whose ex got custody of their daughter....

LOL I should have read this one before I read the "Claire" story. Who knows how my mind works! A recent post by @thebigsweed inspired the ending of this story. I have no idea how my mind comes

This is dark! At first, anyway. For 20 years, a girl has survived in the wilds, killing and skinning her own rabbits? and this Bible-bearing woman has searched for 30 years for this site.... was the little

Duck eggs taste that much different from chicken eggs? Never tried 'em, but some who are allergic to chicken eggs can eat the duck eggs. I'd love to be one of the lucky.

Good point: why don't logging companies come along and cart away the colossal fallen trees? A very large area lost more than half its mature trees, so there were logs aplenty. we used to see mountains

Thanks, and sorry to be misleading (I forgot to block-quote the video). No veggies do well in my gardens. Flowers, yes.... you do inspire me to try again! Just took a closer look at the vid. That Oriental

Yesterday, I read that ducks are better than chickens. Chickens scratch - and take your garden seeds as they do. Ducks drill for slugs and bugs without being so invasive. Ducks vs Chickens: Pros and Cons

YES. Thank you. I must keep track of blogs and videos that teach us ways to garden without having to dig out "beds," plant seeds in straight rows, mulch, **fertilize or use pesticides. Here's

You're most welcome. And you're right: we tend to forget our life lessons and fall back into old habits. After Sept. 11, "now more than ever" became the mantra with "live each day as if

I need to photograph some of these decapitated pine trees. WHY do people leave them standing....because, how much work it is to cut down and cart away the carcass of a mature tree. Soooo many trees that

These illustrations are BEAUTIFUL. Are you the artist? Odinsauga, publisher.... Óðinsauga útgáfa ehf IS Book publisher in Iceland Útgáfuþjónusta og bókaútgefandi. www.odinsauga.com One of my favorite books

A "Top" Amazon review says Babette's Feast is good but Out of Africa is poorly written. LOL, I could say Robert Colin Bryant's review is repetive, verbose, and poorly written. Excerpts: I got

@owasco, as a chef, you might be interested in Babette’s Feast: In this witty classic short story Babette’s Feast, a mysterious French housekeeper, who is taken in by two Danish sisters, wins the lottery

Oops. I was wrong about the opening line. I had a farm in Africa. not, "I once had a farm" Her pen name, her real name. Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (Danish: [kʰɑːɑn ˈb̥leɡ̊sn̩]; 17 April

You are eloquent and strong and vibrant - your writing expresses you very well! Your lost dream of your farm reminds me of one of the greatest (and simplest!) opening lines in all great literature: "I

Stirring, moving, inspiring! Love this: For all the abundance, "there is work to be done. Everything you need is at your disposal but it meets you where your self-worth stands." And your willpower,

Little resurrections - from solitude to society, from darkness to light. "Willingly evolving" - I've sought to evolve, ripen, mature, change, transform. Let us know how you're doing/evolving,

Freddy!! What a glorious portrait of him in the sun! Hazel is adorable. Your garden is fabulous. Inspiring. **I should try again with the veggie gardening. The hoops - that, I never tried. The raised beds?