Category Archives: Just for fun
In honor of my hunt
A friend of mine broke his wrist a couple of weeks ago while mountain biking. Having hurdled himself over his handlebars, he’s lucky to not have broken his neck (and is now rethinking his relationship with the sport). In honor … Continue reading
Filed under Gathering from the wild, Hunting, Just for fun
The bloggers’ half-marathon
I began my blog because I complained to a friend that there weren’t enough hours in the day to develop my subsistence lifestyle and to document this for a book as well. She suggested starting my blog, because I could … Continue reading
Filed under Developing Community, Educational, Just for fun
New Chum Awards!
This blogging world has provided me with a creative outlet; without it, my life would be less rich. I began the blog with a view to helping me get down on ‘paper’ some of my ideas and stories that come … Continue reading
Filed under Developing Community, Just for fun
When you sin bad-ly…
My little goats are growing fast and in need of naming. Thanks to all who made suggestions for the kids, both Fatty-fats and Shiraz’s. The response from my hubby when I relayed the names you folks have proffered to him … Continue reading
Filed under Goats, Just for fun
The kids have names
Fanny-Mae and Franky With several good contenders for names, we finally decided upon Frankie and Fanny-Mae for Fatty-Fat’s two kids. While Fanny-Mae and Freddy-Mac cracked me up and Fred Astaire was clearly a contender in his black and white’s, Freddy … Continue reading
Filed under Goats, Just for fun
A visit to Bella Coola
For any of you interested in seeing a little of our area of the world, take a look at this fellow’s video clip. Apparently, he was a nursing student who recently did a stint here at our local hospital (which … Continue reading
Filed under Just for fun, Uncategorized
The road back in
This past couple of weeks I’ve been away taking an Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling course at Healing Hooves in Alberta. Healing Hooves specializes in Equine Facilitated Mental Health can be very effective for people who are not able, or … Continue reading
Filed under Bears, Just for fun, Politicking with predators
Special features
Conversation with the writer/director of ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ My ‘David Suzuki Digs My Garden’ audition video is–hallelujah–in the can. I would like to thank my cast and crew who worked tirelessly to get this done: David, … Continue reading
David Suzuki Digs My Garden
Vancouver’s most famous Environmentalist, David Suzuki, is running a contest for pesticide free gardeners this summer. They say you don’t have to be a master gardener to play a starring role in the ‘David Suzuki Digs My Garden’ contest. They … Continue reading
Learning to dabble
It was exactly one year ago this week that I got home from Saskatchewan, having quit my job at the University. I wanted to come back to the farm and grow all our own food for the year. I fantasized … Continue reading
Filed under Food Security, How to..., Just for fun, personal food sovereignty, To do lists
