Our lives are filled with stuff. “What do you mean by stuff?”, you ask. Just that. STUFF. I’m not talking about going to work, spending quality time with our families, or doing all those routine tasks that we have to perform to keep our lives in some type of order. Webster’s Dictionary defines STUFF as: …
A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together. He said, ‘It is time for me to …
When panic set in and the shelves emptied fast, people rushed home, fearing their food wouldn’t last. They scrambled and fought, filling their carts, locking their doors, and guarding their hearts. They worried and wondered, What will we do? With stores running out, their fears only grew. But amidst the chaos, a sound could be …
There’s a certain point in life one reaches at no particular age. It’s powerful. It’s at this point when you would rather sit and sip the simplest of beverages and read a good book by yourself than be surrounded by others trying to carry on awkward conversations. It’s when you stop worrying about the stain …
Waste is a byproduct of all human activity. No matter what activity in which we engage, we create waste. In Tennessee, the most commonly used solutions for managing waste include incineration or burying waste in a landfill. Reducing the amount of waste we generate makes sense from many different perspectives. It reduces the expense the …
I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in …
As a small scale farmer, there are many days that you work much harder than you actually realize the profit from. Some people want laying age birds but complain about the prices small farmers set for the birds that they’ve hatched and raised. So, let’s do a breakdown of the cost it takes to raise …