

Renewal of Aitta #2 (The Importance of Friends)
Home is where one starts from - T.S. Eliot Philajakosken sää tänään : High of 28. Low of 17. If one wishes ever to roam to Finland, I...


Kisses from Tapio
“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Philajakosken sää tänään : High of 10....


Fermenting Wild Herbs
“Gathering is peculiar, because you see nothing but what you're looking for. If you're picking raspberries, you see only what's red, and...


10 Hens... 1 Rooster
"Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do." ― Gregory Maguire...


Renewal of Aitta #1 (The Importance of Staying)
“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden Philajakosken sää tänään :...


"One man's junk is another man's treasure"
This is what you do. You make a future for yourself out of the raw material at hand." - Michael Cunningham Philajakosken sää tänään :...


What the heck is Permaculture?
Teemu and I hear this question a lot. Whether we are hitch hiking through a tropical village or meeting old friends in our home towns,...


Wild Strawberries (an introduction)
I don't know if you believe this, but I do. Synchronicity is my life force. It is what keeps us moving. Of course there many other...


A Boy on Ice
She watched him skate away, across the wide open lake. Snippets of his silhouette melted into the icy reflections, as he soared past. A...


Ventriloquist of the Winds (slam poem)
I feel safer out at sea. With no ordinary existence around me But just the lives of a million and no human certainty Does that sound...