On a summer evening in the South, there’s a certain stillness that settles in just before dusk. The heat softens, the light turns golden, and somewhere in the yard—whether it’s a row of tomatoes, a bed of herbs, or a few faithful hydrangeas—you can almost feel the garden exhale. It’s easy to think of a […]
A Garden Teaches Us How to Live: The Quiet Wisdom of the Seven-Year Shemitah Cycle Read More »
All of our nation’s veterans are due our gratitude for their service in preserving the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. This Veteran’s Day, I pay tribute to my hero, my father, James Edward Cross, gone from this world but not forgotten.
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Owner/operators of Liberty Trace Farm, Kevin and Mikki Krause, educate people on the necessity of soil microbiology to grow nutrient-dense foods for optimal health.
Healthy Soil is the Wellspring of Life: Liberty Trace Farm Read More »
The storied history of the Southern Tea Cake ties us to those generations who made them before us.
Southern Comfort Food: Old Fashioned Tea Cakes Read More »
Christmas is one of the most important days of the Church year, second only to Easter itself. Celebrating the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, it is the culmination of the mystery of the incarnation, the feast of God becoming flesh. The Divine choosing to become one of us. Emmanuel, God-With-Us. And so, we feast
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We are heading into the cold/flu season. Surprise! It happens at the same time every year. Hopefully, we won’t lose our heads over it this year like what has happened in recent years past. Because I’m interested in uncovering and learning the lost wisdom of more natural remedies using plants (food) as medicine, I recently
Ginger, Food as Medicine, and Returning to Ancient Paths Read More »
While eating lunch with a new friend (Cheryl Dufrane) who read aloud to me a poem that she had recently penned, I knew I wanted to publish it here. With her gracious permission, I have included it in this post for your edification and enjoyment. Read it. Savor it. Think about it.
Weeds, by Cheryl Batts Dufrane Read More »
As an eternal optimist, I knew the day would eventually come when I could proclaim some good thing that came out of the manufactured Covid 19 fiasco. Though it has taken awhile, the dust has settled somewhat and that day has finally arrived. Actually, I could name off a whole list of things but today
Foundations and Fuel of a Grassroots Movement Read More »
Ever curious to see how people are using their creativity to grow food in whatever space they have available, I did a double-take when I passed this big white house in Clarksville this week. In fact, I turned around and went back to investigate. I was intrigued with the tiny but exceptionally tidy little garden
The Unlikely Gardener Read More »
Joel Salatin gives the opening testimony to the Congressional Judiciary Committee in a talk he titled “Where’s the Beef?” Regulatory Barrier to Entry and Competition in Meat Processing
