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My friend cut short his beard for work reasons. We held a Viking funeral for it. Here is the vessel it lay in.

Have a look at the Rio Grande in Winter.

Ok! If you have read any of my posts you will know that I have some instinctual enjoyment of wood burning to cook food. Here we are camping on top of a Mesa on the northern Chihuahua desert. We are using

This is from the top of a mountain in far west Texas. Nobody ever knew Texas had this kind of unearthly landscape..

It’s about time that this debate came up..... again What would happen if you wanted to drink a beer but didn’t want it pouring all over your beard? I love sardines,pilchards, octopus, smoked oysters and

Life has changed hugely for my family. We have moved our entire life across the country to a completely different environment. A different eco system. The scenery is unbelievable Here I will post my

I love burning sticks. Its fun. Here we are off grid style cooking on the Biolite twig burning stove. It has a fan inside it that allows you to burn very cleanly without getting smoke in your eyes, which

This is a view of the Asheville watershed, some of the cleanest city water in the U.S. The rain water flows through spruce and fir, appalachian hardwood and cove forest.

The view from my office in the morning after a heavy rain. ENJOY!

OFF GRID COOKING IS WONDERFUL There is definitely something to it, the experience of having to wait for something. Instant gratification does not satisfy the way that this does. No restaurant ever made

Yowwza - Gold and Silver are rocketing up and this is a great thing. I can tell September is just around the corner. I am predicting the precious metals are going to have a great month coming up. Today's

Check out these AWESOME shadows created by the solar eclipse on a wooden deck this afternoon.

The semi tropical island of St Helena. The water was so warm! The last throes of Summer. I wish it would never end.

I truly miss this great man in politics

This is the view from my office. It changes constantly. I will try to capture the images and post the cool ones.

CELEBRATE WHEN IT RAINS If you live in an area that receives pretty decent annual rainfall, collecting and using rain water domestically is totally feasible. The bigger the roof you have the more you get,

I really love being me most if not all meal times. My wife spoils me to death with great meals. She is a Latin Hybrid between Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic. That grouping often leads to more explosive

This is driftwood beach at sunrise. There are no creatures here anymore, but it is worth paying a visit to this wonderful place. To stand where they stood. To consider how the world has changed since they

Illinois is broke due to criminal city and county government employees. Yes, 63,000 Public Employees With $100,000+ Salaries Cost Taxpayers $10 Billion from a recent article on Zero Hedge 7-26-2017. Here

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