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A Sawyer’s Thanksgiving: In Gratitude for ERs, Post-hole Diggers and Stupid Luck
Dear Net Zero Enthusiasts: I must be the most unreliable blogger in all of Creation anyway, but today you might as well know why it’s been an unusually long stretch since you’ve heard from me. Let’s just put it this way—there are several immutable commandments woven...
Epiphany A Year Later—Time to Unmute!
Today is January 6, a date etched in our national memory now as much as 9-11. Many don’t know January 6 is also Epiphany—a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something Our grandson Jackson is 3 1/2. ...
My Grandparents Got Slaves As A Wedding Gift—How Could I Not Have Known?
John Pitney, my grandfather and founder of the Pitney Century Farm, was married to Elizabeth S. Wayland in Licking County, Ohio, Mar. 24, 1834. They were given negro slaves as a wedding gift and I was told a few years ago by Warren Hammonds (relatives in Fayette, Mo.)...
C-O-M-P-O-S-T: My Latest (De)Composition
I’d like you to hear my new compost song. But it needs an intro. Erin’s wife, Amy, our newest...
There’s Always A Second Parade
The murders of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has fully occupied...
Swords To Plowshares & Pipelines To Panels (4 of 4)
The time is coming soon when they will beat their swords into plowshares and spears...
How To Become A Climate Hero (3 of 4)
This is Part 3 in a series of articles on the Clean Energy Jobs Bill being considered...
Pricing Pollution: Building A New World (2 of 4)
This is Part 2 in a series of articles on the Clean Energy Jobs Bill being considered in the...
Making The Powerful Blush (1 of 4)
From the greatest to the least of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain. They heal the wound of...
We Are Better Than This! Or We’re Not!
Yesterday morning I promised to follow up my blogpost about the February 14 trifecta of...
The Trifecta of Loves
Today is February 14, a day of love in popular culture, of little flying Cupids and heart-shaped...
Finding Our Way Home
(This is the final post in a series on our Electric Vehicle. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3...
Chargers and Hornets, Sweet Joseph, Oh My: Wallowa Or Bust!
(This is the fourth post in a series on our Electric Vehicle. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and...
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