Little Blog In The Big Woods

Once again, this post is Sharon's fault. She posted a bit a couple days ago about facing a future with highly erratic fuel costs- mak...

Typically, time has snuck up on me. Surprise- the Summer Solstice is tonight: 5:45 Coordinated Universal Time- which translates into 45 mi...

Good job, everybody! No dumb guesses among them; but- ADAM had it right. I just got finished tearing it down and rebuilding it; and indeed ...

In keeping with my revolting machinery- I've got a problem with my greenhouse battery bank. The greenhouse is powered entirely by sola...

The Transition Movement is working on a movie- and it's going to be available from the web for another 36 hours or so- If you're i...

My mother taught me this rhyme- Whistling girls, and crowing hens Always come to some bad ends. She was explaining why she ...

I've spent the last 4 days in machine hell.  Okay, it's only the 3rd level; but it's still hell. First- my computer died.  Spe...