Country Life Fodder.
Animals.
Beer and Some Steer. Watching cows breed is an amazing process.
Day My Dad Shot the Dog. A story about life and death on the farm and my old dog.
Deer Season Starts Today. An important part of our rural heritage as a society.
Horses. Horses are great animals that are important to local agriculture.
Humanizing Nature. It's dangerous when we proscribe human qualities to non-humans.
People as Just Animals. We would be so much better if we lived closer to earth.
Pooper-Scoopers. It always strikes me strange that people have pets in city, and carry around their poop.
Camping.
A Sunny Wednesday Morning. A poem from a past sunny Wednesday, camping out in my truck.
Building a Fire. Tips on building a successful campfire.
Camping with my Pickup Truck. It is fun to spend every night in the back of a pickup.
Farming.
Animals as Pets. It's good to have companions but not pets.
Contempt of Farms. Farmers are backwords maybe, but essential definately.
End of No Fresh Eggs. It can be difficult not to have eggs during the coldest months.
Farmin'. What would take to be a farmer if that's what I choose.
Flatlander Farmers. Thoughts on the flatter parts of our state.
Fire.
Comments on Burn Ban. The comments I sent to the DEC on the proposed burn ban.
Gasoline is Dangerous. If your going to play with fire, be real careful with gasoline.
Just Another Fire. The recent brush fires across our state remind us of the danger of fire.
Pyromania. Some thoughts on the love of fire and arsonists.
Rural Youth or Firebug. Despite growing older and burning my toys, I still like playing with fire.
Time To Give Up The On Burn Barrel. Maybe it's bad for the environment, but the alternative is far worst.
Why I Still Like Burning the Trash. There is nothing quite as much for pyromaniac as watching some trash burn on up.
Wild Fire. We need wild fires, but when we get too close to nature we may get burned.
Mud and Muck.
Gross Things. Why gross should not be a standard for how we treat things in our lives.
If You Move Next to A Pig Farm. It's going to smell like pig manure sometimes, so don't complain.
No Pissing Allowed. Considering the restrictions on urban pissing after drinking.
Spitzer and Wood Furnaces. When environmental prosecution comes home to your backyard.
Pickup Trucks.
A Pickup with a Cap. Why everybody should own a pickup with a cap: it's a lot of fun camping and off-roading with a truck compared to car.
Are You in 4x4 Low? Some ways I've discovered to tell what position your transfer case is in.
Electricity: Why I Like Truck Camping. It's really nice to be able to switch on lights and use power when camping.
First Night in the Bed. Sleeping outdoors under my truck cap this year.
Liking My Old Ford Truck. I don't have to worry about scratching it up.
My Truck's $1.50/kwh Electricity. Evidently, using a pickup truck and inverter is not a cheap way to generate power.
Should Locking Differentials Be Offered on All 4x4 Trucks? It was proposed to require optional side air bags, so why not an even more neccessary feature?
The Sound of Rain on the Truck Cap. As much as I like soothing noise, it can be disconcerning and cramped.
Wanting A Bigger Truck. My irrational desire to replace my Ford Ranger.
Why Pickups Aren't That Expensive to Fuel Per Week. When you divide up a big number into small increments, the differences are tiny between big trucks and hybrid cars.
Winter Night in My Pickup. Free thoughts, ideas, music, and nature fill my world as in my truck overlooking the back field.
Poverty.
Trailers in the Country. Thoughts on all those folks who live in trailers in the countryside.
Quads.
ATVs and the Earth. Some thoughts on riding and environmental impacts.
ATVs on State Land: A Perspective. Debunking false beliefs on ATVs in New York.
Rural Economies.
Can You Live Outside Society? A look at the free life beyond society and its non-existence.
Economic Development. The fabled search for new employers can be troublesome.
Rural and Urban Areas. Some thoughts on their relationship and differences.
Rural Depopulation. People have been abandoning the country for a long time.
The Working Class Psyche. Many people have to work hard to make a living, and how that ultimately effects their psyche.
Weak Economies Protects Rural Life. Sadly, job growth and development is usually bad for open space and the rural culture.
Rural Freedom.
Comments to DEC on Wood Furnace Ban. The DEC should take action to go after major corporate polluters rather then poor rural residents.
Crane Pond Road in My Pickup. Thoughts after driving up this rough truck trail into the Pharoah Lake Wilderness.
Rural Means Free. As there are fewer people in the country, we can all be more free.
Small Town, Small Minded? Critiquing the notion that rural people are small minded.
That Small Town Vacation. Why sometimes going just going to a non-descript place can be a lot of fun.
Why Dumb (Sub)urbanites Are A Good Thing. Suburbanites may consume a lot of resources, but their non-use of rural land helps protect it.
Sprawl.
Five Random Places in Google Streetview. Dropping the Google Streetview guy on random places shows what America truly looks like nowadays.
Harrington's Folly. A story about how sprawl and local government are destroying communities.
Potential Income Tax. Why we shouldn't we tax people on their income, but their potential to make income.
Suburbia: Greatest Threat to the Environment. When people are distant from the environment they forget about it.
