Randy | August 23, 2012
Everybody who comes here knows that Mrs. LFM and I use a scythe to mow the part of our yard that we actually want to be able to see over. Since I taught her to use it early this summer, our Austrian Scythe has become her favourite tool, and so now we need to acquire […]
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 19, 2012
Not being a Christian I never really got the taste for the Gospel music genre, and neither am I a particularly big fan of the Blue Grass style, although I have encountered exceptions along the way and expect I’ll continue to do so. The magic ingredient defining the enjoyability of any piece of music that’s […]
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 […]
Randy | August 12, 2012
There’s an old story set in the days when the fastest and cheapest method of long distance communication was the telegraph. Two men bought a race horse that was doing so well in a series of races that they found themselves with the necessity to enter it in a race that was half a continent […]
Randy | August 8, 2012
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut In my 18 July 2012 article, Worldly Wisdom Wednesday – The Way of the Wild, I said, in part: Every living thing in Nature, flora or fauna, has a Way that defines its ideal […]
Randy | August 1, 2012
Baltasar Gracián (8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658) was a Spanish Jesuit and writer. A thorn in the side of his superiors for a number of reasons, not least for his propensity to publish his personal views without official permission, and once having read from the pulpit a letter he said he had just […]
Randy | July 25, 2012
We live and exist in an ocean of divine consciousness. The plants and trees partake in this consciousness and energy. When we travel the forests and fields, or canoe the lakes, rivers, and streams, we are surrounded by healing energies that nourish the body, mind, and spirit. When the medicine maker declares that we are […]
Randy | July 18, 2012
“No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels.” ~ Gregory Bateson – Steps to an Ecology of Mind Every living thing in Nature, flora or fauna, has a Way that defines its ideal state of being. That balanced equation of form and function forged by generations […]