One of the reasons I can be out on book tour talking about “my” farm is because I have neighbors like Tom here, who for the second year in a…View post

Prior to a reading in Plymouth, Minnesota, I sat for an enjoyable interview with Aaron Landry of the Heavy Table.  Poor guy, I rambled like sixty.  I hope he didn’t…View post

Spent an afternoon stacking wood.  Not well, apparently.  Because when I took my daughter out to show her the progress made (she has a vested interest), I heard a tick…tick…tick…View post

Once upon a time I wrote a book about (among other things) building a chicken coop: Now we have a new project in the works…

When producer Todd Witter came up and spent a morning with me and our chickens, I had no idea what he’d do with the sound…he didn’t really interview me so…View post