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I’d sing the praises

Of country living but I

Don’t want you out here

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Rojonekku word fighting arts hand to hand haiku basho Wednesday March 14th.

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I am coming to wreck shop. Ford vs Chevy

Bout to get heavy

Literary or literal. Come find out. Firefly. Cville. Be there. Friend or pho. Fo. Foe.

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1/2/2018

Frozen water trough

Wet cat food can frozen meat

It is freezing out

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10/26/17

Quilted country sky

Puts paper towels to shame

False advertising.
Yes, I did insult

The quicker picker upper

Clouds absorb WAY more

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10/25/17

Try this for morning

Meditation. Water and feed

Plants and animals
Country morning means

Dew damp shoes and slow sunrise

Ease into the day

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Rural Haiku

Did you know that in

Rural areas you may

not get a landline
Rural cell service

Is unreliable to

Say the least. It sucks.
Best chance to access

Internet is to drive some

Where in the city
Verizon cell phones

Used to work, but they changed the

Strength. More dropped calls now.
Century Link is

The biggest joke on rural

Folks. Bad internet.
Then again I don’t

Want to always be online

So it’s not so bad.

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Ashland/Hanover Train Conversation Needs to Be Derailed

The growing issue of the potential expansion of train tracks for the DC2RVA Rail project being run through Ashland/Hanover is a terrible idea. The proposals have been slowly evolving as there is some public feedback given. The general gist of it is that they want to add a new train track or two through the area, for a commuter train to go between Richmond and Washington D.C.. The new track is suggested to either go through downtown Ashland along the existing rails, which would likely completely change the adorable and historic downtown of Ashland, or to go West around Ashland, which would slice and dice people’s farm land, homes, and section off properties potentially making them inaccessible and devalued.

Unfortunately the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) aspect of human nature has been exploited to divide the people of the affected regions in Hanover County.

This is best shown by the bizarre nature of the website “Save Downtown Ashland”. This website is terrible. Apparently the Town of Ashland is happy to throw everyone potentially affected by the Western Bypass idea under the bus, or train in this case. If you take a look at the website you will quickly see how one sided the issue is presented, and how little information about the issue is given. If you want to have your voice heard by the folks in the various transportation boards, the website tailors you potential responses to fit their agenda. If you choose the option of writing your own email, it still auto fills your subject line with a pro Western Bypass message. This website is a super example of NIMBY behavior. The problem is, you don’t want to BE a super example of NIMBY behavior. Especially if you are interested in things like building healthy communities, good communication, and mutual respect.

The greater good of the people in Ashland AND Hanover is not supported by the train plans that have been proposed.

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Just another Farmer’s Market Day

Today we are out at the Mineral Farmer’s Market in Mineral, Louisa. We are selling a lavender calendula lip balm, a chickweed Calendula yarrow goldenrod skin salve, a chickweed plantain lavender butt balm, a coconut oil chickweed lavender peppermint sugar scrub, a motherwort passionflower oatstraw lemon balm blue vervain tea, a mullein chamomile lemon balm wood betony and cinnamon tea, an Epsom salt cinnamon ginger patchouli grapefruit bath salt, a witch hazel rose calendula yarrow red raspberry heal all facial toner, a mullein red raspberry mugwort uva ursi chamomile smoking blend, and more!