More-or-less random thoughts from a simple Missouri man about life and faith, with a touch of humor here and there.
Showing posts with label self-reliance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self-reliance. Show all posts
Sunday, November 26, 2017
"Resilience - Hard-won Wisdom For Living A Better Life" is a GREAT book!
I haven't quite finished reading this, but so far it is one of the best things I have read that wasn't the Bible. And, it is now marked down to ridiculously low price!
This is not "snowflake" material, but rather a gritty, manly, and highly literate and compassionate encouragement for an old friend. As robust as you would expect from a SEAL, but also as literate and intelligent as you would expect from the Rhodes scholar that Greitens also was.
A few years ago, Eric Greitens heard from an old friend of his, "Zach Walker". Greitens and Walker had gone through U.S. Navy Seal "BUD/S" training back in 2001/2002. Now, Walker was having problems, fighting some personal demons. The ensuing correspondence has been collected into this classic. I'll be writing a full review once I've finished reading and digesting it.
And, just for good measure, Mr. Greitens is a proud native of my hometown St. Louis, and is now the Governor of our great state. Best we've had in a very long time, too!
Please, feel free to comment, and pass this on to your friends!
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Growing free vegetables!
The Debster & I have seen this kind of thing posted on Facebook many times, and decided to try it.
We had finished a bunch of celery, and instead of tossing the "butt" into the compost bin, the Debster put it in a glass coffee mug with some water, and sat it in the kitchen window.
It started growing almost immediately. After about ten days, it is about eight inches tall with a full root system!
We started another, and after just a few days it is already about 3 inches tall.
So, just for giggles, we tried it with the butt end of a bunch of Romaine lettuce. It worked! In fact, it is growing faster than the celery.
These will be going into the garden in the next day or so.
How about that. Free vegetables!
(The kitchen window gets very little sun; if it was a south-facing window that actually got real sun, they would probably have done much better. Perhaps we need to set up a small area with a grow-light on some sort of timer? Hmmm ... something to think about.)
God bless
Ron & the Debster
l-r: celery after about 10 days; celery after about 5 days, Romaine after about 3 days
We had finished a bunch of celery, and instead of tossing the "butt" into the compost bin, the Debster put it in a glass coffee mug with some water, and sat it in the kitchen window.
It started growing almost immediately. After about ten days, it is about eight inches tall with a full root system!
We started another, and after just a few days it is already about 3 inches tall.
So, just for giggles, we tried it with the butt end of a bunch of Romaine lettuce. It worked! In fact, it is growing faster than the celery.
These will be going into the garden in the next day or so.
How about that. Free vegetables!
(The kitchen window gets very little sun; if it was a south-facing window that actually got real sun, they would probably have done much better. Perhaps we need to set up a small area with a grow-light on some sort of timer? Hmmm ... something to think about.)
God bless
Ron & the Debster
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