Monthly Archives: February 2013

Where do I stand?

Someone commented on a Facebook post today that she wasn’t really sure if she ever really knows where I stand on the issues I tend to discuss on Facebook and elsewhere. The fact is that I’m not trying to be … Continue reading

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What’s my hangup?

So, I’ve been having this running battle for a while now about exercise. There are a not small number of people who have concluded, and not without justification, that I am opposed to exercise. While this is not really true, … Continue reading

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: What’s in a name? A redux

We received notice from the State of Ohio today that our new registered trade name for the farm has been approved. Henceforth, we will be called Innisfree on the Stillwater, a name that reaches back to the farm’s recent and older history … Continue reading Continue reading

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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: What’s in a name?

Our farm experience is undergoing a lot of transitions right now. One of them is discovering that the name we’ve been using–in fact the name my in-laws have been using for decades–has been the registered trade name of another farm … Continue reading Continue reading

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Is your coffee worth experiencing?

A guest post by Pete Hitzeman I can’t do much else when I’m drinking good coffee. When I was a kid, I remember that my Mom was famous for never finishing a cup of coffee. It’s actually how I got … Continue reading

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