The Strange Story of Dody Dog
It sounds strange that I would be writing a story about a farm dog on a blog called Goodlookinoldwomen. Yet, dogs are a major part of many women’s lives, aren’t they? Off-grid at Core Hollow, a dog provided serious assistance. But, Dody’s strange appearance did not start out at a special kennel with a request […]
How Could Anyone Today Live Without utilities?
When confronted with the notion of ‘no utilities’ most people panic and picture the chaos of a war-torn country. How Could anyone today live without utilities? That’s impossible…isn’t it? For most of human history, people lived without the utilities we know today. By the time we decided to go ‘back to the land’ in the […]
Did You Ever Have To Run Away From Home for Reasons You Can’t discuss?
I lived under the complete control of another person for years. That colored everything I did, and, as I discovered, everything I was.
Why did we decide to live off-grid at Core Hollow?
People thought we were crazy! Why would we choose to live off grid? Let’s hop into the Wayback Machine and dial in the 1970s. Back-to-the land was the current desire for some of us. We wanted simplicity, living without the bills of modernity, doing it all ourselves. Forget the foolish rat race of a 9-to-5 […]
WATER WITCHING – THE DEVINING POWER OF DOWSING
What is dowsing? Dowsing is finding water underground using a forked stick, which will bend or turn when held over a water source. A dusty, gravel road ran past our property when we lived off-grid at Core Hollow. Down that gravel road in an isolated and ramshackle farmhouse lived a man named Hobe Rolly. Hobe […]
The Devil is in the Details – Satanic Caligraphy
This image is considered the only real specimen of a note written by the devil, and it is contained in a book called The Devil in Britain and America, penned by John Ashton in 1896. According to the author, the devil was contacted by a man named Ludovico Spoletano via conjuring, and asked to write an answer to […]
Goin’ Farming-Bovine Manipulations
I am not sure I would again choose a career in farming if I had my druthers, because it so often includes bovine manipulations. However, if cattle behind fences signify farming, then I was some kind of farmer.
MAGIC MUSHROOMS!
mushrooms are good for cognitive improvement and immune system regulation
OLD TIME FIDDLING!
Old Time Fiddling is considered a kind of a genre, and the old tunes were derived from jigs and reels, breakdowns, Waltz, Two-step and Polka.
Woman Have More Age-Related Brain-Dysfunction Than Men do!
There are significant gender differences in age-related brain dysfunction, according to healthcare experts. Guess who comes in first when the contest has only two players? Women have more age-related brain dysfunction than men do! Stop scowling, I’m only the messenger. According to those in the know, i.e. PMC PubMed Central, women perform better on verbal […]
I WAS LOSING MY MIND FROM STRESS!
I was losing my mind from stress! The cause wasn’t hard to figure out.
My dysfunctional relationship…with my violin!
I read a lot about poor self-esteem, lately. Yes! That’s a big one, and accomplishment is usually the key to better self-esteem. I wish I could say that my ‘hobby’, a dysfunctional relationship with my violin for years, would fit the ‘self-esteem’ niche. Fiddling is different than playing classical violin Most fiddlers do not play […]