Keep Calm & ReFarm On!

  • Humble Abode

    Tho modest in size, i guess it’s fair to say that our family home as it sits right now (at 37°04’19.03″ N 8°46’30.86″ W, if you type that into Google Earth, you will see) is not so humble -inasmuch as it is the only private home that fronts onto a very special little beach. …While…

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  • Big Picture, Little Pasture

    It happened yesterday that i got a chance to tag along on an aerial adventure with my photographer friend Carl, who does this sort of thing occasionally. We flew in a C-182 (the exact make and model of my old plane CGHRN, as it happens!), and as the flight path was westward out of Alvor…

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  • Portuguese Permaculture Diploma

    Since hosting the Portuguese Permaculture Teachers convergence at Quinta do Vale da Lama some weeks ago (for more info, see http://colectivoeducacaoepermacultura.wordpress.com ), there’s been a stubborn little idea nagging at the back of my mind: that committing myself to this new diploma process could be a Good Thing… But, then come the doubts: Do i…

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