Sometimes, when the weather is no good, I'm not feeling great, or plans fall through, getting out doors isn't in the cards. It's times like those that I turn to Aldo Leopold's book, "A Sand County Almanac". This weekend, on our way up to my cabin, I got to share my favorite chapter with the love of my life, and today, I wanted to share the intro with you. It is the second Chapter if you want to seek it out.  "There are two spiritual dangers of not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace. To avoid the first danger, one should plant a garden, preferably where there is no grocer to confuse the issue. To avoid the second, he should lay a split of good oak on the andirons, preferably where there is no furnace, and let it warm his shins while a February blizzard tosses the trees outside. If one has cut, split, hauled, and piled his own good oak, and let his mind work the while, he will remember much about where the heat comes from, and with a wealth of detail denied to those who spend the weekend in town astride a radiator." ... View more

Whatchu got in your pockets, and if your clothes typically don't have pockets because of some BS hetero patriarchal scam to make you buy purses, just know I feel for you, and will gladly carry your snacks for you.  This is my usual carry, depending on what I'm doing or what state I am in. (A lot of stuff gets cut and swapped out while backpacking for instance) Horween Homemade Wallet Modified Benchmade Griptillian with AWT Scales S1R Baton Olight Vintage Uncle Henry Pocket Knife (When they were still made in the USA) Sig P365x Spare Mag Federal HST 9mm MIE IWB Kydex Holster with Claw Bic Lighter Iphone book (normally the smallest book that I am currently reading) ... View more