“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…
“Saola Stories” update
Ten days into the crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000, some good news on where we are…
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....