August 2007
-
Two recommendations
We hardly watch videos anymore, for a variety of reasons. And I think we woud be better off, at least somewhat, if we never watched them at all. But we still watch them occasionally, as a birthday treat for the kids or as an infrequent entertainment for the family. For Elizabeth’s birthday we rented Babe,… Continue reading
-
A week of driving
We are just passing through the height of the melon season, with more being hauled in from the fields than can be sold through the usual channels, so the Burkholders have asked me to haul a load of melons three times weekly to the produce auction in Crab Orchard, about fifty miles away. At the… Continue reading
-
Ridgewood Boys at the Carter Family Fold
Well, it seems to be official now. On Sunday, September 23 at 3pm Chris and I will be playing at the Carter Family Fold. This is one of the concerts to support the release of the Music of Coal 2-CD set. We are there primarly to supply backup for Ron Short and others who appear… Continue reading
-
Delivering apples
On Wednesday Jerome drove me down to Knoxville to collect the refrigerator truck from the dealer. He volunteered not only because he is a nice guy, but because he had just bought a 1989 Toyota pickup to replace the Nissan truck that died earlier this year and he wanted a chance to try it out.… Continue reading
-
Daily links
Often I run across items in my internet reading that aren’t enough to write about, yet taught me something and are worth pointing out as good reading. So I’ve set up my account at del.icio.us to make a daily weblog post for me, listing pages I’ve noted there. The previous post is the first example… Continue reading
-
Delivering cantaloupes
The Mennonites in the South Fork area specialize in growing cantaloupes and watermelons; when the season comes, lots of roadside stands will put up signs announcing that Casey County melons are in. Daniel Burkholder and some neighbors started a produce station this year, a sort of co-op that brokers the melons for local farmers. Since… Continue reading
-
Simple living
Over two years ago I wrote a series of posts about simple living, which disappeared along with the rest of my archives. After resurrecting most of my old posts, Herrick Kimball asked me if the simple living series had been recovered. Yes, they have. I’ll be reading through them myself and thinking about how well… Continue reading
-
Archives
I began keeping a weblog in March 2000, but much of what I’ve written since then has evaporated into cyberspace, lost to obsolete software or dead servers or corrupt databases. But a large chunk of it, written between May 2002 and March 2005, was created with Blogger, and when I checked this afternoon I found… Continue reading
-
Music
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for us musically. A week ago Tuesday we went with Jerome to play a Chamber of Commerce reception in Georgetown, just north of Lexington. It was a paid gig, for a fellow who had seen us play at Good Foods one afternoon. I think he was tickled that… Continue reading
-
Produce update
We’re still processing this year’s garlic, but the job is almost done. We grew about 350 pounds of Spanish Roja, and have sold 100 pounds of that to Good Foods Coop. We could easily sell the rest over the next couple of months, but the remaining 250 pound needs to be held back for seed.… Continue reading
Dry Creek Chronicles 