This somewhat rambling and not quite complete essay (1/x) explores the herd dynamics of goats and applies it to human notions of leadership and “Alpha” (males in particular). These musings, spurred by experience in the pasture, led me to examine human group dynamics and leadership in a different light. The tendency to equate “alpha” withContinue reading “Alpha Males: An Essay on Goat Philosophy”
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July Newsletter
Overview of this month’s newsletter, generated by ChatGPT Tuesday, July 1 2025 This morning a Mr. Hughes dropped in to see Daddy. I downloaded The Hobbit on audiobook and listened to it as I unloaded wood. The weeds have taken over despite my reasonable efforts. Other places look good, but I just concluded that IContinue reading “July Newsletter”
June Newsletter
Overview 2. What You Plan to Do 3. Philosophical Musings Sunday, June 1 There seems to be less going on in Twitter World as I shift my focus toward the farm. It is almost like the shift in attention from the polis in the Greek and Roman age to the spiritual in the medieval. IContinue reading “June Newsletter”
Spring Break
Smoking a joint on the cluttered back porch at 6AM on a Wednesday. Still dark, after the time change, and a cool 45 degrees. Silver moonlight softens the brick pathway and a roof in the distance. Its back to half again after only a week ago being a full moon – the blood moon atContinue reading “Spring Break”