Hugelkultur

If you’re not familiar with this term, go here for a deeper analysis — it’s really rather fascinating! When I planted my garden, I chose to prepare the soil for the long term, it wasn’t a “season by season” plan. Hugelkultur is the idea of piling dead logs, branches, and other wood into a pile (or row)Continue reading "Hugelkultur"

Counsel of many

Was thinking the other day how plans frequently fail if there haven’t been advisors or counselors. To turn that phrase around: plans tend to succeed when you have input from multiple people, with multiple perspectives. First of all, I totally hold to that proverb. I believe it lends amazing value. But there’s another way toContinue reading "Counsel of many"

Intangibles

I am becoming convinced that as we age there are certain intangibles that we neglect, that we forgo, because of what we perceive as greater or more important. We pursue “things that can be measured” or “you’re crushing it” because we can either see improvement or growth via some mathematical calculation or metric, or evenContinue reading "Intangibles"

Perspective

Perspective. Sometimes it changes everything. Overlooking Lake Tahoe from Castle PeakI had the perspective that things weren’t going well in a certain area of life. Then I found people that had a completely contrary perspective. They saw only goodness and hope. They saw something that had become “normal” and no longer special to me. I realizedContinue reading "Perspective"