divergence
A couple months ago, a camera crew from North Carolina came and spent a couple of days at our farm filming some of our story and life...
this life i live
scenes from one man's extraodinary, ordinary life
past posts
Latest blog post
- Jun 19
papa what if
it's a very special Father's Day for me this year. Actually a special Papa's day...
- May 5
The FLOG is Back... sort of...
For the next 30 days, we’ll do our best to make 30 flogs as we countdown the days and prepare for The Homestead Festival...
- Apr 26
an evening of hope
Next Friday, Bob Goff is coming to be our guest speaker at our yearly fundraising dinner for the school...
- Apr 20
build it and he will come
A few weeks ago, we had some fun in the backfield behind our farmhouse recreating the opening scene of Field of Dreams...
- Apr 12
flower girl
This weekend Indy and I made a quick trip to Indiana for my nephew Cody's wedding...
- Mar 22
a league of our own
Without meaning to, there seems to be a theme to everything that is happening around us this Spring... baseball.
- Mar 1
field of dreams
On June 3rd & 4th here at our farm, we're putting on our first annual Homestead Festival...
- Jan 2
twenty twenty-one
As we step into the new year, I thought it might be fun to take a few minutes to look back at just a few highlights from this past year...
- Dec 12, 2021
breakfast with santa
It turns out Santa Claus is a biscuit & gravy fan. Yesterday he made his yearly trip from the North Pole to our little family cafe...
- Dec 1, 2021
plain values
Starting in January, I'll be writing a monthly column in a wonderful magazine called 'Plain Values'...
- Nov 17, 2021
funny farm
Stand-up comedian Henry Cho is coming to the concert hall at our farm on Dec 3rd...
- Nov 4, 2021
Little Huck
'Little Huck, the water duck wasn't like the others' And so begins the story of Little Huck, my new children's book..
- Oct 14, 2021
the joey+rory show
From 2012-14, my wife Joey and I had a television show that was on every week all across the country. And it completely changed our lives...
- Jun 25, 2021
today
I've had the privilege to be on the Today Show a few times over the years, but this time was a bit different...
- Jun 18, 2021
gentle man
After months and months of working; recording, mixing, filming, editing, and waiting - my record Gentle Man comes out in stores today...
- May 30, 2021
ballerina
Indiana loves to dance. She always has. So when she started real ballet lessons here at home, she was really excited...
- May 28, 2021
learn to homestead
We hosted a big event here at our farm last weekend. 350 people from all across the country came to 'learn how to homestead in a weekend'...
- May 18, 2021
time machine
"To the casual eye it's a barstool, but it's really much more than it seems. A few songs & then, I'm with her again..."
- May 9, 2021
motherless day
In May 2014, Joey celebrated her first Mother's Day with our two-month-old daughter Indiana. Today we celebrated it the best we could...
- Apr 28, 2021
'grand' mother goose
When Indy's grandma was in town recently, she showed Indy how to Mama our new baby goslings...
- Apr 23, 2021
one more angel
Well..the unimaginable has happened. There's really no other way to say it. It's the same song, only someone else is singing with me...
- Apr 22, 2021
small talk cafe
Our little family cafe's slogan is: "changing lives, one bite at a time..." and I believe they do just that. They have sure changed ours.
- Apr 19, 2021
farewell party
Indy and I drove to Indiana a couple of weeks ago to spend time with family and attend a farewell party for someone special...
- Mar 26, 2021
motel room
My moment of surrender was on a bus going nowhere. During a time when I was doing well on the outside, but on the inside, I was drowning...
- Mar 23, 2021
sad happy
On Sunday, Joey got to see her Daddy again for the first time in 5 years. On her side of heaven, I'll bet there was a lot of rejoicing...
- Mar 15, 2021
homesteading
On our farm, we have been homesteading for a while now. Working to build a more self-sustainable life, in every possible way...
- Mar 8, 2021
one angel
We all sat on a blanket by the cross and talked about Indy's Mama and how it has been five years since she passed away...
- Feb 27, 2021
seven
Indiana recently turned seven years old. How can that be? Just yesterday, I was carrying her around everywhere...
- Feb 16, 2021
pony girl
Indy had her first horse riding lesson last Saturday afternoon...
- Feb 12, 2021
my valentine
Five years ago, Joey gave me a gift. A Valentine's card. It was the last note, the written words, and card I would ever receive from her...
- Feb 8, 2021
grandpa jack
Joey's daddy came to visit from Indiana this past weekend and spend a few days here at the farm with us...
- Feb 7, 2021
muletown in the round
On Thursday night we had our first songwriters show at Marcy Jo's Muletown in a long while... and it was wonderful!
- Jan 25, 2021
times are a-changin'
This is the first song I’m sharing from my new solo record. Even though it's nearly 60 years old, it feels like it was written for today...
- Jan 7, 2021
dinner time
Our family restaurant had a special 'friends & family' trial run last night in Muletown...
- Jan 5, 2021
little schoolhouse on the prairie
Just a few days before the kids' Christmas break, the schoolhouse here at the farm held a special "Little House On The Prairie" day...
- Jan 1, 2021
a brand new day
I’ve got a soft spot for life-changing stories. Especially in this age of cancel-culture where we are led to believe...
- Nov 16, 2020
fried chicken
After twelve weeks of raising them, on Saturday, we harvested almost a hundred of our chickens here on the farm...
- Nov 9, 2020
turkey time
Early this morning, Indy and I helped round up the turkeys that in a few weeks we will be "giving thanks" for...
- Jun 4, 2020
first walk to school
Indy wanted to walk to school by herself for the first time this morning - and so I let her. She walked, and I cried... the whole way....
- May 4, 2020
the napping house
After lunch today, in the bed swing on our back porch, one of our favorite children's books came to life today...
- May 3, 2020
saturday on the farm
It was sunny and beautiful here on the farm today. Perfect weather to get some work done and have some fun together doing it...
- May 2, 2020
cinnamon roll-out
After being shut down for a few weeks because of co-vid, our family-owned cafe is re-opening, starting tomorrow morning...
- May 1, 2020
first podcast
I’ve been thinking about doing a podcast for a good while but have never done one, til now...
- Apr 30, 2020
joey takes indy to the farm store
I was looking through an old hard drive the other day and came across some footage I hadn't seen before.
- Apr 29, 2020
lawn mower dreams
I've been dreaming of getting a new Zero-turn mower. A few days ago, Indy and I made another trip to Tractor Supply...
- Apr 28, 2020
good day for a ride
It was a beautiful day here on the farm for a ride... on a bicycle built for two.
- Apr 26, 2020
flogging
Starting today…my birthday... I’m going to start doing a daily FLOG (farm + vlog)...
- Jan 22, 2020
special day at school
It was a special day at the farm today. It was sunny and beautiful, in the middle of January… but it was also the last day for a couple...
- Jan 7, 2020
indiana with an e
Indy’s favorite show is called “Anne With An E .” It’s a new Canadian tv series that has found its way to Netflix, and in time, our...