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About Davd

Davd (PhD, 1966) has been a professor, a single father keeping a small commercial herb garden so as to have flexible time for his sons, and editor of _Ecoforestry_. He is a practicing Christian, and in particular an advocate of ecoforestry, self-sufficiency horticulture, and men of all faiths living together "in peace and brotherhood" for the fellowship, the efficiency, and the goodwill that sharing work so often brings.

Murdered Loyal Servants

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Davd

… and my Last Words via everyman.ca [c] Davd, 2020, from a draft begun 2012 In December 2005, i drove across Canada, from West Vancouver Island to Eastern New Brunswick, to keep faith with an old Spitz-Wolf dog who had … Continue reading →

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The End of the World…

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Davd

… as we knew it: (1st draft 2014, edited and [c] 2020) Davd I could state the day i learned of the End of the World as Saturday, July 26th, 2014. At that time, it was not fait accompli but … Continue reading →

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The Plain Pine Coffin Standard:

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Davd

..Social Efficiency, Human Dignity … Glitz and Hubris be Damned. (c) 2020, Davd It is only logical the Virus Emergencies should remind me of my own mortality. Men have higher death rates than women, earth-wide.  The old have much higher … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day is Different this Year

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Davd

… and an occasion to begin looking at what might be Next Normal (c) 2020, Davd You could call this a speculative blog: I am an old man subject to Emergency Directives to keep to my dwelling and not go … Continue reading →

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Prudent Man’s Peas and Carrots

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Davd

… Boiling Sterilizes (c) 2020, Davd Eating is more expensive suddenly, and we can’t trust fresh vegetables. In grocery store produce sections and online-shopping warehouses, we are warned, “people are touching your food before you touch your food.” That has always … Continue reading →

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A Tradesman’s Workshop

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Davd

… a Criterion for Cleaning by Men(c)  2020, Davd I don’t like dirty quarters… and that is not a reference to money [nor to anatomy]. One day last year I was taken to visit a man, putatively a “professional man”, … Continue reading →

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Nagging …

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Davd

…entails its own punishment, and its own ersatz justification. (c) 2020, Davd Someone I very much love, is a master nagger. One day earlier this year, I actually headed out of the apartment and toward the great outdoors, wearing my … Continue reading →

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For Better or For Worse?

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Davd

… a New Use of an Old Phrase(draft) 2020, Davd This web-log is not about marriage especially; it is about making men better in character and well-being. The phrase that I use for its title, was once commonly pledged as … Continue reading →

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Remember Beyond Today

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Davd

… Men Deserve some Credit, some Payback for Dangerous Service(c) 2019, Davd Those poppies we’re supposed to wear today represent cemeteries — military cemeteries, in Europe, where Canadian (and US, and UK, and European) soldiers were buried. They represent men … Continue reading →

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Tolerance Means …

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Davd

… something less than support.(c) 2019, Davd “Some of my best friends are Jewish” was once a stock denial of anti-Semitism. The parallel stock denial would be “Some of my best friends are [LGBTQ].” None of my best friends happen … Continue reading →

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