Placed a deposit to have deer fencing installed around the orchard for a total cost $5,775.00. If I am ever going to have apples, I will have to keep the deer out. The single strand electric just doesn’t do it. Plus, once the fence is installed, I can add a couple of peach trees to the mix. That’s a total cost of $9,150.00 not including the electrical work required for the aeration. That’s a lot of green. May the Green Man be with me!

“We abandon the belief that there is a more spiritually useful moment than the one we are in. To possess the unequivocal resolve not to move away from where we are is essential.” How to do this when “paying attention” to a discussion of network routing issues, being a “farmer”, being in a relationship with a beautiful lady, being a dad, and trying to get rid of self.  There is a key to unravel all these knots.  It is the same key.  It is meditation. “It is not about welding o

Okay, okay – I will actually make this my home page this year and begin the writing process. I am 6 months into a 9 month Centering Prayer Retreat. It has helped but I have not reached the true disintegration of self which I hope to achieve. My self, while useful, often does more harm than good with its never-ending search for attention. Looked at homes with Megan and Dan today. I think it’s the right thing to do. Signed off and sent deposit for pond aeration – hope to have i