Tom Ruby
@tomruby.bsky.social
CEO Bluegrass Critical Thinking Solutions; Strategic Planner; leadership coach; co-leader of Cultural Debris Excursions
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Connector
Peasant
Traveler
Reader
Writer
Localist;
Husband/Dad/Deda
www.bgcts.com
www.CulturalDebrisExcursions.com
Splitting red oak logs today. Largest 300+lbs. I'm a traditionalist, not masochist. 13 years ago i did this with saw and maul. Took 3 months. Love technology. This'll take about 4 days to split the entire tree.
March 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Splitting red oak logs today. Largest 300+lbs. I'm a traditionalist, not masochist. 13 years ago i did this with saw and maul. Took 3 months. Love technology. This'll take about 4 days to split the entire tree.
Good morning.
Try to be strong today, my friends. Just do your best and it'll all be good. Peace
Try to be strong today, my friends. Just do your best and it'll all be good. Peace
January 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Good morning.
Try to be strong today, my friends. Just do your best and it'll all be good. Peace
Try to be strong today, my friends. Just do your best and it'll all be good. Peace
Mediterranean Chicken with all 4 kids and grandkids. Joy last night before FiL funeral this morning. Cooked with son. It was great. Cabernet paired well.
December 30, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Mediterranean Chicken with all 4 kids and grandkids. Joy last night before FiL funeral this morning. Cooked with son. It was great. Cabernet paired well.
Good night from Persimmon Knob
December 28, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Good night from Persimmon Knob
After FiL's passing on Christmas Day, family is gathering for Monday funeral. First kids and grands arrived today. 2 more and families Sunday along with 4 nieces and nephews and families. Joy and love amidst sorrow. As is right and just.
December 28, 2024 at 3:48 AM
After FiL's passing on Christmas Day, family is gathering for Monday funeral. First kids and grands arrived today. 2 more and families Sunday along with 4 nieces and nephews and families. Joy and love amidst sorrow. As is right and just.
Granada is a great city to visit. Mountainside neighborhoods. The Alhambra. Breathtaking churches. Vibrant and safe walk appeal. Really excellent food.
December 20, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Granada is a great city to visit. Mountainside neighborhoods. The Alhambra. Breathtaking churches. Vibrant and safe walk appeal. Really excellent food.
You ought to be Advent maxing. You know it. Do it tastefully and in muted tones. It's not yet Christmas. It's Advent. Prepare.
December 2, 2024 at 4:41 AM
You ought to be Advent maxing. You know it. Do it tastefully and in muted tones. It's not yet Christmas. It's Advent. Prepare.
Mom and daughter 1 made Serbian Pita (spinach cheese eggs in phyllo) and a phyllo cranberry brie custard pie. What a combo
December 1, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Mom and daughter 1 made Serbian Pita (spinach cheese eggs in phyllo) and a phyllo cranberry brie custard pie. What a combo
if you're not carcass-maxing, you're putting food in the trash. I boiled the carcass for 7 hours. Then in fridge for a day. Total gelatin. Pulled all bones. Shocking how much meat is there. Now aromatics & veggies boil all day. Then feast.
It is *so* delicious. It'll feed us for 4 days.
It is *so* delicious. It'll feed us for 4 days.
December 1, 2024 at 1:08 AM
if you're not carcass-maxing, you're putting food in the trash. I boiled the carcass for 7 hours. Then in fridge for a day. Total gelatin. Pulled all bones. Shocking how much meat is there. Now aromatics & veggies boil all day. Then feast.
It is *so* delicious. It'll feed us for 4 days.
It is *so* delicious. It'll feed us for 4 days.
I put my wild apple brew in the windows specifically to have sunlight help the alcohol.
December 1, 2024 at 12:55 AM
I put my wild apple brew in the windows specifically to have sunlight help the alcohol.
Late season liqueurs cooking in window. 2 jars wild Persimmon. One jar Satsuma orange and one jar Georgia Pecans.
You can do this.
You can do this.
November 27, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Late season liqueurs cooking in window. 2 jars wild Persimmon. One jar Satsuma orange and one jar Georgia Pecans.
You can do this.
You can do this.
Man, every tear you find huge sycamore leaves. The ones who held on the longest and grew biggest.
November 27, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Man, every tear you find huge sycamore leaves. The ones who held on the longest and grew biggest.
And a well-managed forest ensures we have wood to heat the home every winter no matter the future of the grid.
November 19, 2024 at 4:40 PM
And a well-managed forest ensures we have wood to heat the home every winter no matter the future of the grid.
Also, there's free maple syrup.
November 19, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Also, there's free maple syrup.
There are a lot of people who be moan where the world is. Finding a place like ours and reforesting it is both simple and relatively inexpensive compared to most of life's activities. And it leaves something for our successors. Nothing like feeding grandkids the fruits of their future land
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
There are a lot of people who be moan where the world is. Finding a place like ours and reforesting it is both simple and relatively inexpensive compared to most of life's activities. And it leaves something for our successors. Nothing like feeding grandkids the fruits of their future land
Reforestation also increases wildlife. Deer eat from the orchard and from increased nut production. The Meadow is now prime spot for does to birth fawns. We have quail now. More turkeys than we can count. So that also provides us with meat for the year. A real bounty.
November 19, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Reforestation also increases wildlife. Deer eat from the orchard and from increased nut production. The Meadow is now prime spot for does to birth fawns. We have quail now. More turkeys than we can count. So that also provides us with meat for the year. A real bounty.
Our small orchard produces more fruit than we can eat. So we preserve like crazy, give fruit t an neighbor who wants it in any amount. Apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries.
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Our small orchard produces more fruit than we can eat. So we preserve like crazy, give fruit t an neighbor who wants it in any amount. Apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries.
What were dry creek beds for 11 months of the year now run year round or nearly so. Pond creek dries occasionally. Spring Creek is always wet and sports fish and snapping turtles after only 12 years. Reforestation makes land a water sink and retains it vice running off.
November 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM
What were dry creek beds for 11 months of the year now run year round or nearly so. Pond creek dries occasionally. Spring Creek is always wet and sports fish and snapping turtles after only 12 years. Reforestation makes land a water sink and retains it vice running off.
Now, The Meadow (as it's will always be called) sports wild orchids not known in this region, wild passion fruit, and a crap ton of pollinators.
November 19, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Now, The Meadow (as it's will always be called) sports wild orchids not known in this region, wild passion fruit, and a crap ton of pollinators.
Thread on reforesting land.
In 2012 we moved to new house on 15.5 acres. ~6 acres old growth forest. Rest hayed pasture. Started transplanting saplings first year and every year for 6 years.
Now The Meadow is a forest. 3 species Chestnuts including 25 15/16ths American.
70 species of trees
In 2012 we moved to new house on 15.5 acres. ~6 acres old growth forest. Rest hayed pasture. Started transplanting saplings first year and every year for 6 years.
Now The Meadow is a forest. 3 species Chestnuts including 25 15/16ths American.
70 species of trees
November 19, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Thread on reforesting land.
In 2012 we moved to new house on 15.5 acres. ~6 acres old growth forest. Rest hayed pasture. Started transplanting saplings first year and every year for 6 years.
Now The Meadow is a forest. 3 species Chestnuts including 25 15/16ths American.
70 species of trees
In 2012 we moved to new house on 15.5 acres. ~6 acres old growth forest. Rest hayed pasture. Started transplanting saplings first year and every year for 6 years.
Now The Meadow is a forest. 3 species Chestnuts including 25 15/16ths American.
70 species of trees
Sunset from the creek stand at Angel Hill Farm this evening.
November 18, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Sunset from the creek stand at Angel Hill Farm this evening.
Boccadasse, Genoa, Italy
November 18, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Boccadasse, Genoa, Italy
Inside the bato of this dead Sycamore to the left of the stand I'm sitting in rn is a healthy clump of Chanterelles. They're about 15 ft up the tree. Too bad. They look so good.
November 18, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Inside the bato of this dead Sycamore to the left of the stand I'm sitting in rn is a healthy clump of Chanterelles. They're about 15 ft up the tree. Too bad. They look so good.
Annecy and Lyon are delightful, off the beaten path places to visit in France. Here are pictures of Château Menthon and the island castle in Annecy. Also some doors of Lyon and the interior of Notre Dame de Fouvriere.
I'm leading an intimate small group (6 guests) Excursion in May.
Hope you'll come.
I'm leading an intimate small group (6 guests) Excursion in May.
Hope you'll come.
November 18, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Annecy and Lyon are delightful, off the beaten path places to visit in France. Here are pictures of Château Menthon and the island castle in Annecy. Also some doors of Lyon and the interior of Notre Dame de Fouvriere.
I'm leading an intimate small group (6 guests) Excursion in May.
Hope you'll come.
I'm leading an intimate small group (6 guests) Excursion in May.
Hope you'll come.
Forests mimic cathedrals. Cathedrals mimic forests. God created one. God inspired the other. We should ponder the similarities. We should give thanks for both. We should regenerate our great woods. We should build great churches anew like our forebears did.
Together.
Together.
November 18, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Forests mimic cathedrals. Cathedrals mimic forests. God created one. God inspired the other. We should ponder the similarities. We should give thanks for both. We should regenerate our great woods. We should build great churches anew like our forebears did.
Together.
Together.