Randy | September 19, 2012
Last week we talked about what Gandhi called “swadeshi“. If you haven’t read that article before this one, go do it now. We’ll wait. Gandhi proposed a veering away from the British model of centralized control of resources and industrialized production power in favour of localized, self-sufficient community based government and production of necessary commodities […]
Randy | September 12, 2012
“Its a tragedy of the first magnitude that millions of people have ceased to use their hands as hands. Nature has bestowed upon us this great gift which is our hands. If the craze for machinery methods continues, it is highly likely that a time will come when we shall be so incapacitated and weak […]
Randy | September 5, 2012
“And does this mean the end of all Mankind? I sincerely doubt it, because a state of balance and harmony is not found by living in a continuous state of discord with Nature. In our work with troubled Dogs, Mrs. LFM and I must seek to restore and cultivate the Way of the Wild as […]
Randy | September 3, 2012
Clem Hiltz died on the 17th day of April, 2008. Dying was the last thing he ever did, but in all 96 years of his accomplished life, it was the least notable. Dying doesn’t make anyone unique because sooner or later everybody is going to do it. It’s the challenges living brings, how they are […]
Randy | August 29, 2012
Ecology (noun) – The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. ~ Source: oxforddictionaries.com Building on what we talked about in last week’s article in this series, today will be about ecology, growth, and limits. “Ecology”, as you can see, is a wonderfully useful […]
Randy | August 26, 2012
I first mentioned the Maritime Hand Mowing Championships, hosted annually at the Ross Farm Living History Museum, last June in my article Musings of an Apprentice Mower. At the time I stated that Mrs. LFM and I would be attending what was then the 8th annual iteration of that splendid event, and soon after was […]
Randy | August 24, 2012
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s LFM Range announcement, I’m taking it easy on you today by simply providing some outdoor eye candy and a review of the Webley & Scott Hurricane. British built Webley & Scott air pistols used to be imported into North America by Beeman Precision Arms, and could also be purchased […]
Randy | August 22, 2012
The scorpions will make nests in your shoes if you leave them there. And be sure not to lean too far back on the seat in the outhouse, or let your testicles swing up under the wood. Black Widows. ~ Amarante Cordova, The Miagro Beanfield War In last week’s Worldy Wisdom Wednesday, I talked about the […]
Randy | August 16, 2012
“Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.” ~ George Bernard Shaw As entertaining as the literature is, I refuse to become embroiled in discussions, debates, arguments, bar fights, or even late night eye stabbings over the possibility, feasibility, potential reality, or desirability of […]
Randy | August 15, 2012
I’ve gotten more than a few good minds to thinking about the Way of the Wild, and some of the resulting correspondence has respectfully asked me when I was going to get into more practical aspects – most particularly, how I personally go about embracing and expressing the Way of the Wild in my own […]