by Patrick Clark | Jul 22, 2020 | Adventures
My best adventure so far this summer was exploring a creek watershed only five miles from my home in the South Toe Valley, Pisgah National Forest. My hiking buddy David had seen some amazing waterfalls up the Three Creek watershed years ago and our goal was to see how...
by Patrick Clark | Mar 20, 2020 | Rewilding
We live on shaky ground our ancestors came from far away settled these parts and moved west abandoned homes and fields for new opportunity Move on! Move on! build roads and bridges and change the course of rivers send messages along wires to other places build steam...
by Patrick Clark | Mar 2, 2020 | Rewilding
When I first laid my head on a buckwheat pillow I knew had found another secret lost by modern society. The simple bean bag like thing lifted my neck, relieving pressure almost like having a massage. It gave me the perfect balance between support and softness. This...
by Patrick Clark | Feb 10, 2020 | Rewilding
It was almost by accident when I first learned about the power of wool to not only increase vitality but to up the comfort level of winter. It was at a time (late 1990s) I was well aware the outdoor community was adopting synthetics as the new best thing to stay warm....
by Patrick Clark | Jan 26, 2020 | Rewilding
A few years ago I had a hypothesis that heating the house at night was a waste of time and energy and seemed like a poor design. I seemed to sleep better when not heating the air, so I piled all the blankets I could find to stay warm. I was never warm enough until I...
