Do the shelves of your grocery stores look as if they’ve been looted? Our grocery shelves are bare, stores don’t know when the trucks are coming with fresh stock, and according to o...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-supply-chain-changes-will-affect-you.html
There you are, scrolling through Netflix, unable to decide what to watch when suddenly, your world goes black! No light from the television or computer, nothing. With the light from your ...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2022/01/plunged-into-darkness_23.html
Life as we know it has changed. Now, I don’t mean to sound alarmist and pessimistic with that statement, but it’s true. Our ‘normal’ has changed. Only time will tell if it rev...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2021/10/how-hobby-can-feed-us.html
I hope I’m not the only one who finds compost fascinating. After all, any process that can take organic waste and break it down into nutrients is an awe-inspiring thing! Tonight I found...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2021/10/your-worms-want-coffee.html
Life as we know it has changed. Now, I don’t mean to sound alarmist and pessimistic with that statement, but it’s true. Our ‘normal’ has changed. Only time will tell if it reverts ...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-gardeners-new-normalseedlings-and.html
(I thought I'd update and re-post a popular installment today that maybe some folks haven't seen. I'd love to know what you think, leave your thoughts in the comments!) "Do your best to change...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2020/03/i-thought-id-update-and-re-post-popular.html
Who is Eliot Coleman, and why should you know who he is? He is an American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator, and proponent of organic farming. Back around 1969, he taug...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2018/09/who-is-eliot-coleman-and-why-should-you_25.html
Sometimes certain posts, with bits of wisdom that need to be recovered, bears repeating. Here's one that I've had a lot of comments on... My partner and I were talking about our future on...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2018/09/its-time-to-look-at-agriculture.html
(I thought I'd re-post a popular installment today that maybe some folks haven't seen. I'd love to know what you think, leave your thoughts in the comments!) "Do your best to change the wor...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-future-will-belong-to-those-who.html
While reading an essay this morning on food in the South, it occurred to me that I haven't spent much time exploring food here in the North. Do we even have what can be described as 'Northern Fo...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-canadian-culinary-conundrum.html
I'm pleased as punch to let you all know that I'm writing on Medium now! I'll be writing more often about preparedness, increasing self-sufficiency, gardening and relying less on the grocery...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2018/04/mcbride-on-medium.html
Previously, we engaged in a little thought experiment (Brought on by sleeplessness via the dog laying on my arm. Thank you, Harley) In my ‘what-if’ scenario, I lived in a world with a...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2018/03/what-next-after-people-part-2.html
I have just finished reading a novel that focuses on surviving in a future ripped apart by war. It's never made explicitly clear how long after the war, but I got the idea that it was a coupl...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2018/03/what-next-after-people.html
I'm spending a quiet Saturday morning watching the snow fall outside and listening to Mendelssohn's Symphony no. 3 "Scottish". On today's to-do knitting pile is my Searchmont Meets Hudson Bay th...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/11/snowy-mendelssohn.html
I've been away from the blog lately with good reason. I've been knitting a lot more. There's a long story behind it all that has to do with joining a group...but I'll spare you all the detai...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/10/knitting-along-with-ez-julia-child.html
"Do your best to change the world, Do your best to be ready for changes in the world" ~Chinese proverb~ When was the last time you had a power outage that lasted for more than three hou...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-to-plan-for-life-turned-upside-down.html
Welcome back! I hope you've had a productive and peaceful couple of weeks. It's hard to believe that we're already zipping through the first week of August. Pretty soon my youngest will be ge...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/08/what-do-wasps-and-hot-peppers-have-in.html
I apologize for neglecting the blog. I think I've found why there are so many months that the blog gets ignored. There have been months where I have no inspiration to prattle on about the latest...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/07/a-fibery-revelation.html
After a little time away from the blog, I decided I wanted to talk about knitting this morning. There are a few reasons for that. One of them is that if I listen too closely to the news, I get d...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/04/of-sticks-and-strings.html
I found this on the web today, and I thought it was absolutely perfect since I was seeking the original poem. I did not write this, credit is given at the end. Obviously, a couple of these a...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/02/first-he-came.html
One of my favourite design houses for knitting is Tin Can Knits , and this year, they’re focusing more on what they call thoughtful knitting. There must be something in the air, or maybe i...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/02/thoughtful-caring-against-chaos.html
While the world falls to hell around us, think about this today, and ponder how you can apply this wisdom at your house. "TO LET PEOPLE ARRANGE THEIR OWN FOOD, ENERGY AND SHELTER IS TO LOSE...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/01/how-to-take-back-your-power.html
The current state of affairs in the United States has me concerned about the potential for economic collapse, so with that in mind, I've begun to examine how that might affect those of us up ...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-renewed-and-urgent-need.html
Food instability is everywhere. I don't know what challenges you're facing this year, but up here in the north, one of ours will be to deal with the growing cost of groceries. Not just fr...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2017/01/what-food-challenge-are-you-facing.html
When I was still young, I thought I understood what peace was. I was convinced my world was a pretty safe place. In my early twenties, I used to work in an area of downtown Toronto I didn't k...
http://taleweaversramblings.blogspot.com/2016/11/let-there-be-peace-and-let-it-begin.html