Welcome to The Old Blog
Below you will find entry into The Old Blog. These posts cover the entirety of The Big Change from Life Afloat to The Hiatus. It’s a long read so take your time and come back often. While it’s a big ask on my part, understanding how I ended up where – and why – I did will simplify the so-called narrative arc and make a lot less work for me trying to explain all that in each and every current post. So strap in and get started but be warned: there be dragons here.
The Old Blog is shown starting with the oldest post. This – rather thoughtful move on my part – means that, when read in order, you get to see how the whole story with all its twists, turns, and confusing diversions simply falls into place. Sort of like tossing a jigsaw puzzle into the air and having it land with each piece exactly where it belongs.
But that’s life.
Thanks for reading.
Where the Wild Things Are
In which the author tracks the decline of The Florida Keys from a haven for pirates and rum runners to a place where dreams go to die.
No Use Crying
In which the author explains how, once again, the Fiscal Cliff is avoided and certain catastrophe is handed off to other, not-yet-elected people so that nothing has to be done now and affect the current legislators’ chances for re-election.
Much Ado
In which the author looks at all the things that didn’t happen recently because he could think of Nothing to write about.
Green, It’s the Color of Money
In which the author tracks the downfall of farming from a sustainable not-quite-closed-loop system to the fully extractive juggernaut we see today.
I Think I Need a Doctor
In which the author, true to his nature – ahem – deconstructs the ingredients in a “proprietary”, organic garden fertilizer mix and find that, despite declarations of “manure free” composition, the bag is filled to the brim with bullshit.
Words to the Wise
In which the author runs headfirst into the Wall of Reality and discovers that production at scale is really the beating heart of agriculture.