This past year has been a rough one. Many times I’ve wondered to myself, “why one earth I’m I doing this”. Trying to live a biblical agrarian life in a pagan economic system is trying, to say the least. Sometimes it seems that no matter how hard you work, no matter how […]
Today was John’s “Big Day”. As most of you know, the boys spend a lot of time doing chores with me. Up until now the early morning chores have been done without the boys. For those who don’t know, John will be 4 in July and Noah turned 2 in Febuary. […]
The other day I had to tell John and Noah that they couldn’t go to the barn with me for afternoon milking. I was in a hurry and it just wouldn’t work out well. They were crushed. John looked up at me with his sad eyes and said, “But Dad, when I […]
The Scene: I’m finishing up milking and John and Noah are squating down on the little concrete pad in front of the barn. They look very busy. I find them each with a peice of hay, stiring and stiring a big clump of chicken crap.
Dad: Whats ya doin’ boys?
Noah: Makin’ […]
Yesterday was a busy one. I did my ussuall everyday work(milking, feeding, chasing, barn chores) and also got a little more tilling done. I got the black plastic down and put 50 tomatoe transplants in and some of the peppers. The first batch of bush beans are in as well as beets […]
I suppose the high society crowd would find this cake a little strange, but I know my agrarian freinds will think its pretty neat. I admit, some of the frosting looks like crap…..but hey, its supposed to
It was my idea and Leah’s handywork. Noah loved it, he called it his “Banure […]
The bible teaches us that Christians should have faith like little children. This often is turned into a play on words to drive home the point that we need to be “born again”. For the record, I believe that people need a rebirth and I am not saying otherwise. I would however like to float […]
I could wait no longer, John is now armed. He is the proud new owner of an air rifle. He takes all the saftey rules very seriously and has been practicing his aim on tin cans. This photo is from yesterday at supper time. He keeps it in the gun cabinet with dads arsenal. He […]
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