Archive for the ‘My Life’ Category
Maryellen and Rick’s Vegetable Garden
Posted in Farm Report, My Life on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some Observations on Measurement
Posted in My Life on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The evolution of ecosystem service markets is dependent upon the ability to accurately measure. In order to measure, a number of other issues become important. Scale, for example, is relevant to the level of precision. Temporal issues need to be considered because of the ‘changes’ that occur over time with what you are measuring. In essence, any [...]
In the Doghouse
Posted in My Life on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is close to 3pm on the day before Thanksgiving…and I just had time to review some news sites. A sweet lady in England is spending over $300k on a doghouse…. Thought you might like to look at it with your Internet bowser…oops, browser. Have a ‘howl’ of a Thanksgiving!
Local New England Government
Posted in My Life on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I live in a small Massachusetts community with a Board of Selectmen and the usual small town governmental structure…planning, conservation, health and safety, etc. It has been a rural community with significant small farmland, but in the past 20 years has seen a lot of development. As with many small towns in New England, there [...]
Remaking the Office
Posted in My Life on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had some water leakage issues a few weeks ago and have taken the opportunity to restore our office after ten years of constant use. The process has us deciding what is useful and what is not…also, what to store as historically relevant and what to recycle, trash, use as firestarter, etc. One of the [...]
Ecosystem Services: A 21st Century Policy Challenge
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information, My Life on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Attached is an issue of Choices Magazine which is a publication of the American Agricultural Economics Association. It is an interesting look at the farm as managed ecosystem. There is an article by the faculty at the University of Rhode Island concerning our USDA Conservation Innovation Grant…the Bobolink Project. Here’s the link: http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/pdf/block_9.pdf
America’s Most Walkable Cities
Posted in My Life on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve found in traveling that there are times when it is IMPOSSIBLE to get across the street to a restaurant or shop that you can see a block away…. This site sorts out the ‘walkability’ factor: http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/
What’s on Lance Armstrong’s iPod
Posted in My Life on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been hooked on cycling for some time….I run a local cycling and race program, ride whenever I can, love the feel of the bike. Yesterday someone sent me Lance Armstrong’s answer to an interview question – What’s on your iPod? Here’s the scoop: One of the coolest songs I have ever heard, I was just talking [...]
Heard on the ecostreet…and we aren’t in Kansas anymore
Posted in Living Things, My Life, Politics, US Farm Bill on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just heard a brief NPR report concerning Barack Obama’s new media campaign to reintroduce himself to the American public. They played an excerpt commenting on his upbringing in Kansas. I found myself reflecting on my childhood in Kentucky…playing by woods and fields, splashing in creeks and streams (while avoiding the feared copperheads), and running [...]
