Path to Homestead: Two Years in Review

The last path to homestead entry was April 2023; so much has happened since! We moved the hydroponics to the greenhouse for improved yields as the very niche wasabi project failed when summer temperature exceeded the tolerances. A larger hügelkultur pit was dug, and produced a healthy crop of corn and squash. We processed, consumed,Continue reading “Path to Homestead: Two Years in Review”

National Health Awareness: April 2022

I am cautiously optimistic that the COVID-19 numbers are staying down in our region. The worldwide data suggest a small uptick and a hybrid variant in the UK appears to be having a slower uptrend (variant was detected in my city the week of 24MAR). We will see what next month brings, but I amContinue reading “National Health Awareness: April 2022”

Knowledge Makes Ignorance More Precise

My patients have been very frustrated with the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) over the last year or so for a variety of reasons, mainly pandemic related recommendations. Don’t wear a mask, wear a mask, wear 2 masks, not airborne, airborne, shut downs, open business up… It is no wonder that there are so manyContinue reading “Knowledge Makes Ignorance More Precise”

Lifelong Learning

Half of what we learn in medical school is factual, the other half will be proven to be outdated or false. The difficult part is recognizing which half is correct. Even more interesting is the path of discovering which half is correct over a lifetime. Lifelong learning. In modern medicine, evidence emerges daily that challengeContinue reading “Lifelong Learning”