by Tom | Aug 30, 2019 | Blog, Building Community
Fall is upon us. Here in Minnesota and Wisconsin, we can feel it in the air. If you have a garden, you are probably doing a lot of labor right now. You are harvesting vegetables and herbs, preserving your harvest (dehydrating, freezing or canning) and gearing up...
by Tom | Aug 28, 2019 | Financial Freedom, Podcast
In last week’s News from Around the Bend on smallscalelife.com, I opened the article by talking about kids going back to school. In some cases, our friends are taking their young adults to college for the first time. Julie and I have been there and done that....
by Tom | Aug 23, 2019 | Blog, Building Community
For many of us, summer is over: our children are heading back to school. Whether it is the first time our child is going to kindergarten or the Senior Year of College, many of us are experiencing those all-too-familiar feelings of excitement, nervousness and loss. ...
by Tom | Aug 19, 2019 | Gardening, Podcast
In this episode, I am trying something new. This is the pilot episode of the new Small Scale Gardening Podcast. In this podcast, I am focusing on gardening and food preservation, which are my passions. As I learned from my good friend Greg Burns, I need to...
by Tom | Aug 2, 2019 | Building Community, Podcast
July was a great month full of time spent with family and friends. We need to be part of our community and strengthening existing relationships while making new ones. It isn’t always about the money; it’s about building social capital! Finding Folk and...