Author Archives: ehurst

Game and False Guilt

She was provocative. There are ways of being flirty and cute without going too far. Plenty of young ladies manage it. She didn’t get that. But ask her, and she would have insisted she was a good girl. Perhaps she … Continue reading

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A Splinter of the Cross

We do right because we can’t do otherwise, regardless of what it costs. I’m not whining; this is simply my commitment, my mission in life. My neighbor across the street doesn’t have a man or a working lawnmower. A few … Continue reading

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The Art of Setting Free

When I can, I’ll always set the captives free. But doing so is very hard work. It’s a subtle art, getting people to realize they are in a prison, then pointing out the exit. Game itself is a means to … Continue reading

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Bits and Pieces 2

I am a food activist, in the sense I am actively doing what I can to make food available at the best cost possible. I offer to help anyone find out where to get free food from nature. For example, … Continue reading

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Moral Fabric Scales Well

I assert there is a moral fabric running throughout the universe. It matters not whether your human eyes or human logic can see it. It works. I’m not so much offering proof here, as offering illustrations, to show how it … Continue reading

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Picking Already

After nearly two weeks of exercising with my axes and saws on firewood, I think I need a break from that routine. Of course, the other workouts will continue. I was surprised yesterday when I spotted ripe blackberries on one … Continue reading

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Turn in the Path

I feel like the Mayan calendar — the previous epoch is ending and now we start another. Have you ever wished you could clone yourself and get more done in less time? The problem is the clone would have an … Continue reading

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Kids These Days

(This is a parable of something which transpired recently here in the comments. For your amusement…) *sigh* Another wasted day. John had just been told the truck delivering his trusses was broke down twenty miles from town. The job site … Continue reading

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Recapitulation

Here’s the plan. Things will get worse before they get better. Whatever it is we all collectively think of as the USA will be gone really soon. In fact, most people who think of it at all are mostly wrong … Continue reading

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Am I Done, Yet?

I started this blog because I had a mission. That mission changed somewhat, but not fundamentally. So here I am reassessing what I’ve covered so far. While I’ve managed to say it differently, from different angles, I’ve begun to repeat … Continue reading

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