by Dan | Aug 1, 2020 | Black Sheep Manor, Black Sheep Manor, Blog, Uncategorized
There’s something romantic about heirloom tomatoes. People wax poetic about them, write songs about them, pine for them. That’s one of the reasons I emphasized them when we started growing for market: I figured it was just good business to provide a thing...
by Dan | Feb 18, 2020 | Black Sheep Manor, Blog, Random Xarking
I just read an NPR interview with journalist McKay Coppins (thank you Lex Alexander), where the topic was what Trump and his campaign will do to win this fall. It covers the waterfront pretty well, with serial focus on the powers of incumbency, preparations for a...
by Dan | Feb 17, 2020 | Black Sheep Manor, Black Sheep Manor, Blog
So: I’m a progressive, and I tend to support candidates that other people call “communists,” “socialists,” or just “too liberal.” What do they mean by that? Who knows? People believe all sorts of crazy shit. But here’s...
by Dan | Jan 31, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Random Xarking
Some years ago, Janet gave me a used copy of Gore Vidal’s “Burr” as my Christmas present. Thoroughly recommended, but I’m not here to write a book report. What Vidal understood about America was what I refused to admit: Though we were founded...
by Dan | Dec 20, 2019 | Blog, Random Xarking
American hot rod legend Carroll Shelby is experiencing something of a cultural moment this month, thanks to the feature film “Ford vs. Ferrari,” which I hope to see soon. But last night I watched a new documentary called “Shelby American,” and...
by Dan | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog, Random Xarking
I was 14 when the first Star Wars movie premiered. I read about it in Newsweek and went to my dad and said, “Hey, would you take us to see this new movie called Star Wars?” He said “Absolutely NOT!” A few weeks later I asked again, and he...
