One Man's Ruminations About Faith, Family, and Livin' The Good Life
Truth In A Graduation Speech
Dateline: 4 June 2015
The world is changing. Higher education isn't what it used to be. I think George Will is right on with this...
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Elizabeth L. Johnson
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Just like the dept. of education's common core curriculum for government schools, that is strictly a money-maker; so was the housing market, and the universities. Thanks for posting this!
And not everyone needs to go to college. This country is woefully lacking skilled tradesman and laborers. Check out the Mike Rowe Foundation...called Mike Rowe Works Foundation at the website profoundlydisonnected.com
A friend's daughter is going to Pace University in NYC. My friend is unemployed. Tuition is around $60,000/year. Her daughter's stated major is "Environmental Studies". I cannot imagine how she thinks she will ever pay back those loans. In 1989, I paid approximately $950 a semester at the University of Connecticut for a degree in Nursing. I had a strong and passionate desire to be a nurse because I went into the Army at 18 and discovered what I wanted to do. And I worked my way through school and got a ROTC scholarship.
My friend's daughter has exhibited no strong emotion about anything, much less environmental studies. What a ridiculous waste of time and money.
The world has gone mad.
At some times and in some ways, I am glad we weren't able to have children. Pam
I (Herrick KImball) have been blogging here about Faith, Family & Livin' The Good Life since 2005. Browse down this column and you will discover a rich resource of contra-industrial thought, down-to-earth inspiration & useful how-to information.
CLICK HEREto view the archive of links to past Deliberate Agrarian monthly "blogazines."
My Stewardculture Magazine Interview (Part 1)
Click The Picture For Details
Delmar Ain't So Stupid...
Click on Delmar and read why I think he's the smartest of the three characters in the "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" movie
Aphorisms Of The Fathers...
And The Mothers (click the picture)
My New York Times Op-Ed Article
The Jeffersonian Solution (click the man and read the article)
Check Out My New Whizbang Gardening Facebook Page...
(click the picture to get there)
Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 1
It's A Biblical Imperative (click the picture)
Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 2
We Are Not Called To Be Slaves (click the picture)
Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 3
Profile of a Free Man (click the picture)
Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 4
Sage Advice For Would-Be Farmers (click the picture)
Corporationism vs Independent Patriarchal Units
Lyberty Hyde Bailey (1927) Read it and weep. (click the picture)
Read The Book— Writings Of A Deliberate Agrarian
…Now available as a PDF download for only $4.50 (click the picture for details)
Farming 1.5 Acres...
…And Making A Good Living. (click the picture)
Goodness, Beauty & Loving The Earth
A Christian-Agrarian Missive on God's Creation
Reading Agriphemera
We can learn a lot from the old agricultural writings (Click the picture for more details)
This Man, Now Deceased, Predicted The Economic Decline of America Back in The 1950's.
Click the picture to read about Professor Walter Prescott Webb's Boom Hypothesis of Modern History, and where we are headed from here
Agrarian-Style Economic Self Defense...
I posted this to the internet in early 2008. It is still the most practical advice you'll get for dealing with the harsh economic realities that we face now and will face even more in the years ahead. (click the picture to read the essay)
Modern Banking is An Evil System of Economic Oppression
Click the picture for details
The Coming Pension Crisis...
...And what you can do about it. (click the picture)
How To Get Through The Coming Hyperinflation
click the picture to read the 6-part series
Have You Considered Deflation?
Martin Armstrong seems pretty sure of himself (click the sign for details)
The Christian Doctrine of Work
Something's Missing in The 10 Commandmants as it is commonly known. (click the picture)
Scott Nearing's "Horse Chow"
A Four Part Series (click on any of the raisins in the bowl)
Mr. Tesoro's Story
(click the picture)
Blessed is the Man...
Reflections on "tax day." (click the old paper)
City Living?
Some Thoughts on Christian-Agrarian Community (click the picture)
A Herod Nation
Is that What America Has Become? (click the picture)
How To Remember (And Teach Your Children) The 10 Commandments
click the sad bath
Light in Our Dwellings...
Christianity + Agrarianism = Hope In the midst of a dying industrial culture (click the light)
Have You Seen My Whizbang Gardening Book?
5 stars at Amazon. Click the cover to learn more.
New From Planet Whizbang... The Old-Timer's Poultry Library
A rare and fascinating resource for the poultry lover (click the picture for details)
Take A Short Tour Of My Garden...
Strawberries From My Garden!
Grown the "E.P. Roe Way" (click the picture to learn more)
Rural Americans: Cannon Fodder For The New World Order
Click on Sergeant York to read the story.
Freedom Isn't Free (And Other Propoganda)
(click the picture)
Esther Stermer Was A Conspiracy Theorist!
Obviously the woman was a little crazy.… Right? (click the picture for the story)
How Free Men Become Slaves...
A Contra-Industrial Parable From The Okefenokee Swamp (click the pigs)
I Make Classic American Clothespins
click the clothespin and learn all about them.
Have You been to The Agrarian Foundation Article Archives?
(click the picture and go)
What Would an Agrarian Monetary System Look Like?
Well, for one thing, it would NOT be based on paper money. Click Andy Jackson for some details.
Thomas Jefferson's Warnings About Government Debt (Then and Now)
Read it and weep (click the president)
How Farmers Became Slaves To The Corporate Masters
Click on the mostly forgotton 1937 book by Professor Walter Prescott Webb and learn the sad story
Why Food?
A Christian-Agrarian perspective (click the picture to read the essay)
The Puritan Theology of Suffering...
An excellent treatise on a difficult subject. (click the picture to learn more)
A Missive On The Prosperity-Driven Life
"The desire to be rich, to have an abundance of possessions and money, is the keystone of our modern, neo-Babylonian culture." (click the picture for my perspective)
Prosperity Gospel/ Prosperity Idolatry
Click the picture to hear John Piper's powerful 2.5 minute condemnation of the modern prosperity gospel
Homo-Tyranny
... And Me (click the trap)
Agrarian Nation
Another of my online projects (click the picture)
Have You Been To Planet Whizbang?
It's my deliberate agrarian home business. Click the beet and check it out.
NEW…. Whizbang Notes
These delightful little notebooks are a great down-to-earth tool. Click the beet to learn more.
Have You Seen The Planet Whizbang Wheel Hoe I Invented?
Click The Picture For Details about the hoe and the inexpensive wheel hoe kits I sell
I Invite You To Read My Online Gardening Essays
Click on that beautiful handful of sifted compost.
The Wife Of My Youth...
A Blessed Man's Reflections on Young Love (click the happy faces)
Eulogy For Evelyn
She was my mother-in-law. (click the picture)
Ken Badman's Good Example
Actions Speak Louder Than Words. (click the picture)
Backyard Sugaring
We make our own maple syrup. Click on the picture for complete how-to details.
Have You Seen Leo Sprauer's Handcrafted Hop Hoe?
Click the picture to learn more.
Learn About Whizbang Bucket Irrigation...
(click the trickle valve)
Have You Read Roe?
E.P. Roe, that is. Click on his picture to read some excerpts from this remarkable Christian-agrarian author of the 1800s.
Roll out nest tray one year update
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[image: Roll out nest tray one year update.]
It's been about a year since our first experiment with a roll out nest tray.
One thing I would do differently ...
How To Spoil a Goat Kid
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My little preemie goatie girl is 4-weeks old now and thriving.
Miracle
However, we've developed a habit that I don't think I can break now! For
her first s...
Apr 21 18
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We went for a morning walk and the supervisor had to take a break in the
shade.
Heading back down to the house.
This afternoon we walked up to check on som...
Update on Polly
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So many people have offered prayers, consolation, and advice concerning our
sick Jersey cow Polly -- thank you all! I'm happy to report she seems much
bett...
Does Coffee Cause Cancer?
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In today’s email, P.D. Mangan says not to worry: “…does coffee
consumption cause cancer? The evidence says that it does not. In fact,
coffee consumptio...
Keto To-Go
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(Scroll down to the end for an update on Ed's treatment, if you wish.)
Since June Ed has been on a strict ketogenic diet in hopes of controlling
his cancer...
A Simple Loaf of 100% Rye Sourdough Bread
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It has been quite some time since I last baked with rye sourdough. After
writing 100% Rye I took some time away from baking with rye, both because I
was ba...
The House of Big Salads
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On April 28, the Pickwick Club, Maine’s only Charles Dickens reading club,
will reconvene to discuss Jenny Hartley’s book Charles Dickens and the
House of ...
“Christian” Permaculture?
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Reclaiming Permaculture as Followers of Jesus Permaculture is a
increasingly popular topic among homesteaders, gardeners, farmers, and
social reformers. It...
Well, hello blogland!
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Yes, I'm alive and doing well...Not sure why getting back to blogging has
been so hard for me other than my time is being spent elsewhere..but
hopefully I...
Preparing for Meat Birds
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Getting ready for chicks to arrive? Is your order of meat bird chicks ready
to be sent through the mail? Here’s what you need to know about preparing
for...
Which Pressure Canner is Right For Me?
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A pressure canner is a valuable food preservation tool that every serious
homesteader should own. I often get asked which
The post Which Pressure Canner ...
The Economy of Eden
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Gene Logsdon Sun Magazine January 1996 [Rummaging around in some boxes
in the garage I came across this quintessential essay by Gene I had copied
from ...
Your Monthly Cultivation – March 19, 2018
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Latest on Vesterbrook Farm and the issues that those around them using
herbicides caused for their organic farm. If you would like to help Mike
Brabo and V...
Welcome March 1, 2018
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we know that we have 30 more days of potential storms, lots of snow, power
outages, etc., but when march 1 looks like this, we are more than pleased!
that...
The Deliberate AgrarianIs Back!
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Dateline: 26 February 2018
After a long absence, I have returned to blogging as *The Deliberate
Agrarian*.
But I am now at a new blog site. Here is a l...
Jim Wrenn
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I’ve received enough feedback now to be able to say confidently that anyone
who has enjoyed my blog posts here over the last ten years will likely also
enj...
A Life-Changing Year
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Hi, friends. I have no idea if any one is out there to read me anymore- I
know I've been gone a long time. I've been wanting to share some things
with you...
Why We Need A Well Bucket
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As if the threats of war, terrorism, economic collapse, natural and
man-made catastrophes, plagues, solar flares and EMPs are not enough to
consider, we no...
The Trashing of Robert E. Lee
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A friend and Southern Gentleman (interesting how those often seem to go
together) sent me this link to an article titled The Myth of the Kindly
General L...
Retiring Granny Miller Again
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Readers, I’ll be retiring GRANNY MILLER once again on April 11. I need to
give my full undivided attention and all of my creativity and energy, into
buil...
Three Vintage Hogs!
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Photo from "Connecticut and the Hog."
Click the picture for a larger view.
If you like pigs, you're going to love this collection of three rare,
vintage, ...
A Tribute to Dewayne Block
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This tribute was posted to the Standing Stone Honey Products Facebook page
this week. Something you find with a home business is that many people
have he...
Upcoming Farm School!
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If you’ve made it this far on this blog, you deserve a pat on the back… it
took real patience and perseverance to make that happen! The reality is
that I d...
January
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OK, so January has rolled around. The heat is here, not as bad as some
years and bringing a decent amount of rain too. The grass has come on and
the cattle...
2017 CSA Season
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Yep. I'm still here. Christmas and New Year's have past. January is time
to start thinking about taxes and gardens. Let's just think about the
gardens a...
Please don't waste your Tuesday!
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Let's set the mood first...
Okay... for those of you who don't know, I am a conservative Christian. I
have mixed feelings about the Republicans and have ...
Married.
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Hello there. I am writing to you no longer Tracy Bunker, but Tracy O'Neill.
It was a beautiful, tiny, fantastical wedding, both a sobering and an
overwhelm...
Local and Love Pets?
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Essential Oils for Fido and Felix! Bill and I love animals and we like to
support their health as naturally as possible on our homestead. Would you
like to...
Giveaway #6Gardening When It Counts(three winners)
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This is, without a doubt, my favorite gardening book. I'm giving away three
copies of *Gardening When It Counts* to three fortunate people in this
conte...
Fare Well, from Frank & Fern
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We have reached a major milestone on the blog. Since we began writing here
on May 30, 2013, we have had 1,000,000 pageviews. Yes, one million, because
an u...
Storing Food and Possibly the Coolest Thing Ever!
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Food storage is imperative on a homestead. You might think that goes
without saying. While I can freeze quite a bit, it is not
sustainable...meaning if t...
A Cloth Diaper Odyssey
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Swaddlebees Organic Fitted Diapers
I have been cloth diapering little bottoms since 1993 when my first
daughter was born. Back then you didn't have ...
Here's how to subscribe via e-mail at the new site!
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Hi, Florida Survival Gardening subscribers!
Many of you asked if it was possible to continue receiving my posts on a
daily basis since I switched over to a...
Plagues
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Been busy canning here in the holler! Lots of cucumbers, squash and
zucchini. Twenty jars of green beans about a dozen quarts of squash canned.
Made a ga...
Rabbit and Kraut
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David asked for a rabbit dish with sauerkraut. I didn’t have a particular
recipe, so I looked over my cookbook library and pulled a
Russian/German/Polish...
Goodbye Granny Miller
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If this weblog were one of my sheep or cows, it would have starved from
neglect! I have been meaning to post about a couple of things, but real
life somet...
Yeomen don't buy furniture. They make their own. (click the picture)
Yeoman Furniture (Part 2)
Waste Not, Want Not (click the picture for the story)
My Amazing Whizbang Apple Grinder
You can make awesome apple mash, ready for pressing, in no time with this homemade device. Click on the picture to learn more
We Make Apple Cider
You can too (click on the picture to learn how)
Twelve Years Old Today
He's actually 22 now, but my prayer is the same
This is William Kimball (Him An Me Is Kin)
Click on the picture for William's Story
Homegrown Poultry
Click on the picture and I'll show you how to butcher a chicken
The Lovely Marlene With A Homemade Whizbang Garden Cart
Anyone can make a Whizbang Garden Cart. Click on the picture to learn how.
My Whizbang Row Cover Hoop System
Finally Online as of 1/29/10 (click the pic)
Have You Seen Jax Hamlin's Chickens?
Click The Chicken!
This Blog Promotes Personal Responsibility And Traditional Concepts of American Liberty
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"If a community, or a section, or a race, or an age, is groaning under industrialism, and well aware that it is an evil dispensation, it must find a way to throw it off. To think that this cannot be done is pusillanimous. And if the whole community, section, race, or age thinks it cannot be done, then... it has doomed itself to impotence."
—Twelve Southerners
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The Christian-Agrarian Exodus of 1620
The Pligrims did NOT come to America for religious freedom. (click the picture)
Vacuum Bottle Thermos Cooking
Learn how to prepare and cook simple, inexpensive, wholesome meals (click the thermos bottle to read)
The Sermon I'll Never Forget
Pastor West was at Iwo Jima (click Mt. Suribachi)
Planting Potatoes With A Little Girl
"I must admit that four year old girls were once something like aliens to me." (click the pic)
Boys Will Be…. Warriors
Swinging homemade maces at each other can be great fun! (click the warriors)
Benny's Grandfather Was A Ditch Digger
And He Grew Tomatoes (click the Big Boy)
Backyard Poultry Processing With My 11-Year-Old Son
If he can do it, so can you. (click on the smiley face)
Another Summer Evening's Meal
This is the kind of food we dream about in the depths of winter. (click on the picture)
Pickled Garlic Scapes
Click on the silly boy's nose for a pickled scape tutorial
"Every Bean's A Blessing, Boys"
Dried beans present an opportunity to teach important things to my children (click the beans)
Hay Hooks
I bought my sons hay hooks, and they have gotten a lot of use since I wrote this essay
3 comments:
Just like the dept. of education's common core curriculum for government schools, that is strictly a money-maker; so was the housing market, and the universities. Thanks for posting this!
Excellent and needs to be common knowledge.
And not everyone needs to go to college. This country is woefully lacking skilled tradesman and laborers. Check out the Mike Rowe Foundation...called Mike Rowe Works Foundation at the website profoundlydisonnected.com
A friend's daughter is going to Pace University in NYC. My friend is unemployed. Tuition is around $60,000/year. Her daughter's stated major is "Environmental Studies". I cannot imagine how she thinks she will ever pay back those loans.
In 1989, I paid approximately $950 a semester at the University of Connecticut for a degree in Nursing.
I had a strong and passionate desire to be a nurse because I went into the Army at 18 and discovered what I wanted to do. And I worked my way through school and got a ROTC scholarship.
My friend's daughter has exhibited no strong emotion about anything, much less environmental studies. What a ridiculous waste of time and money.
The world has gone mad.
At some times and in some ways, I am glad we weren't able to have children.
Pam
Sad story and a good web site, Pam.
Here is a hot link for anyone who wants to check it out...
Mike Rowe's Profoundly Disconnected Web Site
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