evening rain farm meals from the land, some we have regularly, most we have tried when we had the ingredients and some are ideas (modifying other recipes i have used from the continent with tropical ingredients). green drink (katook, honey, ginger, lemongrass, mint, perennial cilantro, ice, water, lemon or lime w/ a quarter of the [...]
Continue reading...Food related for the main homestead: maybe a cow or two in a few yearshedges to hold a flock of sheep in the orchards the driveway turned into an enclosed pasture for horses or sheep corn crop for drying and millling peanut crop sugar cane crop sweet potato patch more taro patches from roof or [...]
Continue reading...Just the other day, we got two young female ducks from a friend, and one of them flew off and got lost in a real thick part of the woods east of our land. I felt sad about her plight, and went out calling and quacking after her. I was practically swimming in an ocean [...]
Continue reading...January in Hawaii (the rainy season in the rain forest) First off – we fly what is called Non-Rev which means very small cost to us because our son is a captain on U.S. West flying an Airbus. It also means that we get to fly after all the passengers are boarded and they have [...]
Continue reading...i can appreciate the pull of the world which makes hunting for wild mushrooms become a chore instead of a delight. this school year i have changed my primary focus from eating sustainably on the land to focusing on high school-level home schooling with our 14 year old daughter. come september, the first thing i [...]
Continue reading...Kath just turned 50 and my gift to her when she comes in January for a visit will be an art piece. i will crate a shallow wooden box, paint the inside surface with a face. i will purchase a beautiful simple gold chain bracelet and attach it to the face above the third eye, [...]
Continue reading...i never thought this way would be my way. really. in fact i decided to leave hawaii, ticket in hand until i met scott. all it takes are a few days of horizontal rain, wet socks (inside the house), rat shit on the rim of my iron teapot or another ruined tin of dragon pearls [...]
Continue reading...getting ready for h.s. is thrilling and scary. we started this week. scott is doing math (interactive math), i am doing life skills (a workbook by dave ellis called Master Student), art class (Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain) and large animal anatomy (i figured why not start to tackle the stuff vet [...]
Continue reading...still here we are slowly converting our temporary buildings into “permanent” ones. peace of mind. we have an intern here from nyc and one from sf. this is quite a change in geography and life style for both of them. the one from sf milked the goats and now won’t even consider tasting the milk [...]
Continue reading...this is it. 9th grade starts monday. i am excitedly focusing on school (again). we are starting with the life skills block which is based on Dave Ellis’s book BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT. It is really a college text which i got at the reuse center but it is so fascinating and interesting. the sections [...]
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