Monthly Archives: May 2012

Organic Strawberries

Even though my family has been farming organically for decades, I’m not a rabid proponent of organics. Sure, there are some fairly well documented health concerns with certain types of conventionally-grown crops (particularly the fragile-skinned items, such as berries, tomatoes, … Continue reading

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…with all these memorials all over the place?

My parents recently road-tripped their way across the country and back, ambling through quite a few states, as well as the frozen tundra of Canada. One of the stops they made was at Gettsyburg. They went on a tour with … Continue reading

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Latest Amazon publish: The Girl Next Door

I’ve often been accused that my books don’t have enough romance in them (well, I think it’s mostly my wife that makes that remark). Hopefully, The Girl Next Door shall put that thought to rest (at least, for now). TGND … Continue reading

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The Politics of Ice Cream

I’m sure most people have already heard about the ice cream stand in Massachusetts that got shut down due to not having a permit for a building addition. I would like to say that Massachusetts leads the country in government … Continue reading

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The Girl Next Door and Fifty Shades of Grey

I just published a short story called “The Girl Next Door” on Amazon. It’s actually a rewritten, longer version of a story called “Mr. Snow” that I wrote a while back. You might have read the older version before if … Continue reading

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Sweeping out goat manure

I have an odd job. It includes many different things. One duty (I will hasten to point out that this is an occasional duty) involves clambering up onto the climbing shelter in the goat pen and sweeping their manure off … Continue reading

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The old “Bud the Cowboy” story

I don’t know who wrote this originally. If you do know, drop me a line so I can attribute this properly. Anyway, even though this was obviously written to be humorous, it is uncannily and unnervingly true. True, in the … Continue reading

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Origin, Meaning, the Nature of Good and Evil, and Destination

Those are the four big questions, aren’t they? Any philosopher worth his salt has taken a stab at one or more of those questions. Where did we come from? Why are we here? Is there such a thing as good … Continue reading

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Trilogy Compilation

I just compiled all three books of the Tormay Trilogy into one document and published it on Amazon. It’s rather lengthy. About 1,500 pages or so. Anyway, one of the main reasons I’ve done that is that, over the last … Continue reading

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Tormay T-Shirts

In the interest of capitalism, I’ve put together a Tormay t-shirt shop on Cafepress. I’m sure Smede would heartily approve, given the inclinations of his gold-addicted heart. Actually, the main point of it is so I can print up t-shirts … Continue reading

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