Category Archives: Health
It Feels Like Christmas Morning in the Sweet Potato Patch
By Cam Mather Remember that feeling on Christmas morning when you were a kid, unwrapping those presents with such great anticipation? I still get it, even with the gifts that I purchase for myself months before Christmas, because with the gradual loss of brain function of my 52 year-old brain, I’ve often forgotten what I …
How I Found the Meaning of Life, Alone, In a Strawberry Field
By Cam Mather Many people spend their whole life in search of meaning and substance. They want answers to the big questions like, “Is this all there is?” and “What’s it all about?” and “Is this what I’m destined to do?” Some people try and achieve it through meditation. Some use religion. Some hope people …
I’d Better Make it Meaningful
By Cam Mather I spent the morning weeding. On my knees in the brutal heat, with a lot of deer flies buzzing around, pulling weeds from around my corn. It’s highbrow stuff. The kind of thing that could score me a Nobel Prize, or a guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. As I pulled those …
My Recent Reality Checks
By Cam Mather Once again I’d like to thank everyone who reads and comments on the blog. Yesterday I had one of those personal epiphanies thanks to our reader Amy. She was commenting on the video blog that we posted about how our chickens had faired this winter. She wrote: “What a great video! I’m …
It’s Not Bugs in Your Food That You Need to Worry About!
By Cam Mather I saw an article in the Toronto Star newspaper recently about how weevils had been found in some bags of rice. But they just weren’t found in the rice, they had “infiltrated and contaminated” the rice. Really? Contaminated? http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1115473–weevils-found-in-rice-at-real-canadian-superstore-in-toronto After the contaminated bags were removed the area was inspected by a pest-control …
I Am Thankful
By Cam Mather I read a great book that said that one of the keys to happiness is being grateful. Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend. I am grateful for that. I think it’s a nice chance to spend a long weekend with family, almost 3 months away from the chaos of Christmas. I am thankful …
My Grandmother is 36,525 Days Young
By Cam Mather I owned an album in the 70’s by the Moody Blues (perhaps I shouldn’t be admitting this publicly) which had a song called “22,000 Days.” I gather that this represents how many days most of us can expect to live. 22,000 divided by 365 is 60 years, which would sound like a …
Trying to Survive These Challenging Times
By Cam Mather We published “The Renewable Energy Handbook” in 2003 as a personal project. At that time, Michelle and I were earning a modest income from a variety of sources. We were doing some electronic publishing for corporate customers. We started up a magazine called “Private Power” and after successfully encouraging Bill Kemp to …
Just Corn and Tomatoes, Thank You Very Much
By Cam Mather We’ve been setting up our produce stand in town for 6 weeks now and it’s going very well. It’s been a fantastic learning experience. When you hear a person commenting on what a great learning experience something has been, it usually means things aren’t going well and they’re trying to look on …
Looking Back On Our Move to the Country
By Cam Mather Michelle’s Note: The following is an article that Cam wrote for a local newspaper about 13 years ago as we were preparing for our move to Sunflower Farm. The comments that Cam made are as appropriate today as they were back then. I thought you might enjoy reading about Cam’s reasons for …
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