"The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your
garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in
the world." - Robert Orben
"Portrait of Leo Tolstoy as a Ploughman on a Field" -
Ilya Repin, 1887
"The intent of
this article is to build upon what was covered in
part one and to emphasize trees that range predominantly in the
southeastern United States. Of course there's going to be overlap;
humans like nice, neat boundaries and nature doesn't, not to mention
that humans often plant and cultivate trees outside of their natural
ranges." By
D. Glenn Miller
"After a time, we get the idea that we need to accept
land which is deficient in some way; property near a land fill maybe, or
without deeded access. We feel that we must pay some other cost in
lieu of the cash we don’t have to spend in order to get a good deal.
Or at least that’s the hair-shirt
approach. In fact, the best way to save hot, steaming piles of cash
on a land purchase is simply to find someone whose plans have changed." By
Neil Shelton
"A
country home typically defines a house, a somewhat controlled area
around the house, and a larger, more natural, maybe wild area expanding
beyond--whether majestic mountains, undulating sands, shimmering waves
of grasses, or the quiet, cool green of forest. It is often more,
the sum of house, garden, and landscape plus the magical, mystical aura
common to a natural place. The whole can only be improved by
working with instead of against nature." By
Gene GeRue
"In 344 pages
of clear, sensible writing, Rob Roy not only takes the dream of an
owner-built home from the realm of impossible fantasy to stunning
reality, but by the time you close the book at the last page, the idea
of going the ‘conventional’ route seems positively ludicrous."
Review By
Sheri Dixon
"When
I was discussing options with my insurance agent, I asked if we could
get MDI, and surprisingly, she had no idea what I was talking about.
Apparently all the insurance companies cover are mundane things like
tornadoes, fires, theft, and flood. Not a word about the most
devastating disaster of all: Mouse Damage." By
Sheri Dixon
"Emus are raised
today commercially for meat, feathers, fertilized eggs, unfertilized eggs
(which are hand painted and turned into beautiful, valuable ornamental
treasures), waste shells, and their hides. Growth in the current North
American industry resides mainly in breeding stock."
By Victoria Varga
"After a couple of times being commended
without explanation, Lily demanded to know what he was thanking her
for. No, she didn’t clean up after the dogs. Neither did he. Having a
naturally suspicious attitude after his urban patrols, Joe kept the dogs
corralled and called me, his closest neighbor. No, I hadn’t spirited
the stuff away. I had plenty of my own." By Roberta Snow
"Remember that old
commercial, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature?” Well, as a young
child of about 12, I found out first-hand why you shouldn’t fool Mother
Nature. We had chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks; one of my jobs was
to gather the eggs except for the ones that my parents wanted to be left
to sit and hatch out babies. I, being 12 and easily bored, decided it
would be interesting to do a little egg switching. Dumb birds, they
couldn’t tell the difference between their eggs and any of the other
birds’ eggs..." By
Diana Barker
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