“The oldest task in human history is to live
on a piece of land without spoiling it.”
- Aldo Leopold
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122 ~ A birthday! And some thanks.
Today is the 5th birthday of “A Bird in the Bush”, and it’s been quite the wonderful journey…
121 ~ Announcing some upcoming “Bird in the Bush” events
Greetings! Please join me for some diverse and interesting events, starting soon…
119 ~ My favorite things, Part 2
My oldest friend, and the final step in cornmeal pancakes…
118 ~ My favorite things, Part 1
One essence of a good friend is reliability. It's the reason that technology (at least in its current iterations) isn't one of my friends…
117 ~ I skin a deer
We're nearing the end of a string of Wisconsin deer hunting seasons, and the woods have been generous thus far…
116 ~ Olive oil season - orders open!
My nephew Keegan recently had a fine harvest of organic, heritage olives in Umbria, Italy, and you can again share in the end product - his 2024 extra virgin oil…
115 ~ Thankful for some things Wisconsin: Leopold and Wright
Two of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century on the importance of uniting humans with nature were Wisconsin contemporaries…
113 ~ Life lived through moussaka (or, ‘From moussaka to Oaxaca’)
With this abundantly dry and sunny autumn, the gardens have been pushing out an abundance of late season produce…
112 ~ Slow food the Swiss way - Scargada
I recently returned home from Switzerland, where the ways of life, and especially the foodways, proceed at a slower, less instant and drive-thru pace....
