Workers everywhere feel very bad about their job security By Studs Terkel (as if today) I was talking to a fella the other day, let’s call him Joe. Joe’s a machinist, or he was, until the shop “realigned” its priorities. He’s got calloused hands and a Bible on his nightstand that’s seen better days. Joe Read More …
Category: Life
I will finally acknowledge that there are some nice things in this world that do not involve the bass.
Stay another Day
Fresh Egg “Pro” Tips The Bloom Factor: If they’re relatively clean, remember that the natural “bloom” (the protective coating) keeps them fresh on the counter for quite a while. No need to refrigerate right away unless you’ve already washed them. The Water Test: If you ever lose track of which eggs are the newest, the Read More …
The Gospel of the Bottom Line
I’ve been walking the blocks of Chicago lately, from the glass canyons of the Loop to the bungalows of Canaryville, and I’m hearing a new kind of silence. It’s the silence of a machine, specifically, those Waymo rigs now prowling our streets, cameras spinning like the eyes of a mechanical spider. They call it “testing.” Read More …
A View from the Street
I’ve spent a lifetime listening. I’ve sat at kitchen tables where the Formica was peeling and in mahogany offices where the air felt too thin to breathe. This thing we call the “MAGA movement.” They talk about a Carpenter from Nazareth, a man who didn’t have a stone to lay his head on, yet they’ve Read More …
XMas Tree Chicken Bedding
Upcycling a Christmas tree as coop bedding is a clever way to provide extra insulation and enrichment for a flock. Pine and fir needles are naturally absorbent and can help manage odors in the coop, while the branches create great perching spots and “boredom busters” for chickens to peck at when they are spending more Read More …
Our Mr. Stacky Vertical Garden Experiment
One of my core philosophies here is to try a new thing every season. It keeps us learning, keeps the garden adaptable, and, most importantly, keeps us one step ahead of our five feathered garden “inspectors.” This year, we’re taking our planting to new heights, literally, with a 5-piece Mr. Stacky vertical unit. Here is Read More …
Prelude to an Afternoon of A Chicken
Claude was a very famous composer who lived in a house filled with velvet shadows and heavy silence. Everyone expected him to write grand music about the crashing sea or the drifting clouds. But on this morning, Claude sat at his piano with a heavy sigh. His music felt stuck, like a rainy day that Read More …
The Vanilla Fugue
In the heart of a town called Leipzig, there lived a man named Papa Bach. His house was never quiet. It hummed with the sound of “clink-clank-clunk” from the kitchen and “do-re-mi” from the parlor. Papa Bach was a man of music, and his head was always full of golden notes and silver rhythms. But Read More …
The Weaponization of Christianity
How Charlie Kirk used Christianity to divide America In the landscape of American political discourse, few figures embody the marriage of Christian identity and partisan warfare quite like Charlie Kirk. The founder of Turning Point USA has become a fixture in Republican circles, his influence extending from college campuses to the highest levels of GOP Read More …