Essay can be found here: https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/05/the-full-life-of-empty-rural-spain/?amp=1 Many thanks to Front Porch Republic for publishing this one. Continue reading The Full Life of Empty Rural Spain
“Everyone wishes a measure of mystery in their life that they have done nothing in particular to deserve.”—-Jim Harrison How … Continue reading On The Meaning of Nature’s Patterns and Orchard Design
Many thanks to Tom Beckbe for publishing this one. Click the link to read at TomBeckbe.com Continue reading Eisenhower’s Turkeys
I have always been a relatively slow employer of new technology. I innately resist change so I am sure my … Continue reading A Question of Limits
It is February and purple henbit is once again blooming in the fallow fields of south Georgia. Interesting plant, henbit. … Continue reading False Spring
My Stihl pole saw is 7 feet long. It doesn’t telescope in and out, so it’s lighter in weight than … Continue reading Hair of The Dog
Of all the virtues, it is perhaps humility that is hardest to hold. We all experience humility along the way … Continue reading A Lesson in Humility
There are a series of old shoe boxes on the top shelf of my closet that date back to the … Continue reading Shoeboxes In The Closet
As much as I love what I do, sometimes I’m at work in the orchard on days when I’m weary … Continue reading Cuckoos
Many thanks to Salvation South for publishing this essay here Continue reading Seeing The Country
Thoughts From The Orchard 