flogging
Starting today…my birthday... I’m going to start doing a daily FLOG (farm + vlog)...
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this life i live
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Apr 8, 2020
our daily bread
I get to spend the day helping bake and give bread away at Marcy Jo’s Bakery with my nephew Mikel… and Indy spends the day with her Aunt...
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Mar 31, 2020
homesteader
In these uncertain times, I get the chance to visit a local farmer and share a recent trip to the Homesteaders of America Conference and...
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Mar 25, 2020
the harvest
This is the story of the one-room schoolhouse that my family and the community came together to build for Indy and lots of other little...
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Mar 18, 2020
tiny dancer
This is the story of our little girl Indiana, made mostly from home-movies we’ve taken over the past six years. “Tiny Dancer,” is...
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Mar 11, 2020
episode one
On Sunday evening, the first episode of our new series This Life I Live aired on television all across the country on RFD-TV. In a blog...
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Jan 21, 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...
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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...
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Dec 25, 2019
christmas day
Sharing the song “Jingle Bells” yesterday that Indy sang, reminded me of another Christmas song that a different little girl once sang...
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Nov 30, 2019
zoo trip
A week or so ago, Indy and I and the kids, teachers and parents from our schoolhouse took a trip in the tour 'school' bus to the zoo...
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Sep 9, 2019
this life I live
"This Life I Live" is my weekly docu-series: “vlog” series of sorts, that captures our lives and tells stories in an more intimate way...
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Jul 15, 2019
graduation day
It seemed like just last year Indy was starting school and here she is graduating already. From preschool that is... A few days before we...
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Jul 12, 2019
farm of many faces
Last month, I was blessed to get to visit a very special place that Joey and I had both dreamed about going to... Joel Salatin's Polyface...
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Jun 18, 2019
a mighty wind
Last night just before dark, a big storm came blowing through our back field. Hard rain and straight-lined winds of over 60 mph...
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May 31, 2019
a memorable memorial day
Over the past hundred and twenty-something years, the house had been well-loved and well lived in, but it was clear it needed a lot of work.
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May 17, 2019
seven years ago today
Seven years ago today, May 17, 2012... my wife Joey and I made a very special music video called "When I'm Gone."
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May 7, 2019
growing Indy
A few days ago, we planted vegetables in our garden and I couldn’t help but think about how much our little girl Indiana has grown and...
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Feb 14, 2019
just married
Our middle daughter Hopie has always wanted to be married since as far back as I can remember.
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Feb 11, 2019
some beach
It’s been a long summer and fall. Thankfully, now that our film Finding Josephine is out and the Tennessee winter is getting colder…...
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Feb 5, 2019
behind the scenes
Our movie Finding Josephine comes out in stores today. It’s an incredibly special day for all of us who’ve worked so hard on the movie.
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Feb 1, 2019
iPhoneX-it
Last month, I got to be part of a week-long retreat where sixty strangers spent seven days together with no smartphones or technology...
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Feb 1, 2019
iPhoneX-it
Last month, I got to be part of a week-long retreat where sixty strangers spent seven days together with no smartphones or technology...
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Jan 25, 2019
now showing
We have been busy here at the farm, setting up in the barn for the premiere showing of our movie Finding Josephine this Sunday night.
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