Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Just like every, or most every Tuesday, today was garden day. We planted Old Man salt bush. I collected soil mixed with sheep dung from under a tree the sheep like to sleep under, filled these slightly decomposed boxes with the soil and gathered straw from round the farm to cover the soil. Then the […]

This past month we have seen an interesting spectrum of weather. I’ve pulled out jeans once to wear. We’ve had the longest run of 40+ °C days on record, however most nights have been pleasantly cool. We just got a major storm on the weekend that saw 4 fires spark in our district because of […]

Last Friday, just as the afternoon radio show was finishing, I sent a photo of me milk my cow. The lovely team rang me back wanting to chat. Some background on me milking my cow: The cow is called Cowpurnia. She is named such because of the beautiful house keeping woman, Calpurnia, in ‘to kill […]

There’s a mask mandate in Perth and I have a doctors appointment. So I mask up. Then I mask my eyes from the sun, my hair from the dust (or perhaps the world from my frizzy locks) and my ears from all of the noises of the town.

The sun is shining for a brief moment. It has been a wet July and another long COVID year. So I have set my my sweet little outdoor table in the direct sunlight, filled my big thermal mug with loose leaf earl grey tea, chosen clothes that utilise the powerful heat absorption potentials of a […]

I’m calling another break day. It would appear that my Mondays are so big that my resolve to conduct this challenge is rocked for the Monday Tuesday and possibly a bit of the Wednesday night as well. Unfortunately I have had three rather large days two of which have been at the Roadhouse. Couple with […]

This week, I went to work, and Parker had help in to shear the sheep. We also had 29mm at the beginning of the week so there a few green tinges about the farm.

Ok. I’m using my get out of jail free card for the week. Every week, I set aside just a small bit of money as savings for buying the items/gear/stuff for my hopeful business. I’m saving for way too many things on this particular tiny savings fund: a shipping container, office space on the farm, […]