Miscellany ...

I couldn’t pull together my intended post on “A Christian’s Perspective on Sustainability” today, so please check back for it later this week.  Instead I thought I’d share a few bunny trails that, in and of themselves, aren’t quite enough to constitute an honest-to-goodness blog post.

Blog Re-Design ~ I wasted invested a lot of time today in redesigning my blog, as folks who visited prior to today are sure to notice.  When I first set it up, I thought I’d like a minimalistic approach.  Whether my love of Fall colors finally burst forth or the doldrums of winter pushed me to the edge, I cannot tell.  I only know that I needed *color*.  I hope you like it.  Cutest Blog on the Block provided the graphics.  If you have a blog or Twitter page, it's super-easy to use their designs.  They have many cute graphics to choose from.

Blogging for Books & BookSneeze ~ I signed up with both BookSneeze.com and Blogging for Books today.  If you have an active blog, you ought to join.  Books are sent to you for review.  The books are yours to keep in exchange for your honest review.

 

Give-Away ~ Amy at Homestead Revival is hosting a give-away on her blog.  Ramsign, a company out of Denmark, makes high quality enamel signs in many shapes and sizes.  I’m partial to the Lighthouse Oval Address Plaque, myself.  Pop over to Amy’s blog and let her know which design you like because your comment to her post is your automatic entry in the contest.

An interesting blog post ...

Earlier this evening, I came upon a blog called The Contrary Farmer.   I read and enjoyed the three most recent posts.

From the post entitled "Abandoned":  "In case I sound overly-romantic or sentimental, what I remember best about our farmstead was that even when my mother was heavy with child and carrying a heavy bucket of water from the windmill pump to the chicken coop, she was singing. I see Dad hurry to her and, scolding gently, take the bucket from her. She had a hard life in some ways, so, I ask, why was she always singing?"

His statement on finances was equally interesting to me.  "The only way to starve out such a self-sufficient homestead was by way of paper money and usury which in one guise or another is often what happened."

I plan to do more reading there.  I might also look up his book called "Small-Scale Grain Raising".