Monthly Archives: October 2010


Podcast #54 – HACKED! 1

What a rude awakening this morning! We first found out Amanda’s e-mail account had been hacked when one of our dear friends called from our suburban home to see if Amanda was okay. Was she in fact stuck in London after having lost her passport and needing money to be […]


Okra’s Last Hurrah

Amanda planted five different varieties of okra in the spring, and every one of them has had its moment in the sun during this growing season. We think it’s about the end of the season for okra, although we thought it would be finished by the end of September, and […]


Podcast #53 – Happy Birthday to Us!

With this edition we celebrate our first complete year of podcasting from Longleaf Breeze. With the help of our daughter and announcer Adrian Lee Borden, we take time to reflect on what has remained the same and what has changed during this most eventful year.


Have Traded Dryer for Food

I try to check our electrical power usage occasionally, just to make sure we’re on the right track with our energy consumption. Monitoring our power use gives me one more “sanity check” on the work we do here at Longleaf Breeze, to make sure nothing’s dramatically out of kilter.