It’s been a long time since I gave my website much attention. You can expect to see some changes this year!
A lot has happened during the last two years. While I could never hope to recap it all, some of the important things include:
- Severed the ACL in my right knee. This has to wait on being able to move into the house before I can get surgery for it.
- Acquired a breeding pair of American Guinea Hogs in late 2023. I had a litter in 2024, but in 2025, Mama Cass (the sow) never got pregnant. I’m expecting a litter in 2026, sometime in the next month or so!
- Got the house enclosed:
- Roof in 2024 (working on the roof is how I injured my knee).
- Straw bale walls and exterior stucco in 2025.
- Electricity in 2025.
- Learned more about myself, what makes me happy, and what is most important to me, and learned how to set better goals for achieving happiness.
- Changed jobs: I left Idaho State University and returned to private industry, in part in pursuit of the aforementioned happiness.
- Established three flocks of breeding and laying partridge chantecler chickens.
- Published seven fiction books on Amazon, with an eighth on the way.
A few of the items on this year’s agenda:
- Resume the Blackfoot Farmers’ Market. This year, it will be held in Jensen Grove so we don’t have to turn away vendors due to a non-compete clause with our prior venue.
- Fill most of Plot 1 with vegetables for my and my family’s consumption and to sell at the Market.
- Move into the house and get ACL replacement surgery.
- Publish an updated version of the Farm Paper.
- Manage my website better!
I look forward to hearing from and seeing you all this year!