About

What is this site all about? I’m just getting started so it’s not easy to describe the flavour of this site other than by telling you a short story.

My wife grew up in a rural setting. When she was little, well before we met, a kind older lady (a “grandma”) in the community taught her how to make flour tortillas. It isn’t a very complicated processes really but there are tricks and it takes a little practice and it helps to have someone walk you through it. Years go by and eventually we meet and get married and one day I’m cooking and she teaches me how to make tortillas. More years go by and I’ve had lots of practice making family dinners and we decide to enter my tortillas into the flatbread/cracker category of our town fall fair. Surprise! I won a first place blue ribbon that is now hanging on the fridge. Not because it’s a big accomplishment, it’s a small accomplishment - mine was one of two entries in the category, but the skill that I used was passed from person to person and around the world and that is special.

That is the quieter life. It’s not about being flashy or changing the world or doing something amazing or having a big impact. Being flashy and changing the world can be good, but a quieter life is about taking what you can offer and sharing it to make your local community, even the lives of 2-3 people around you, better. I’m using a blog as a tool to pass along stories, lessons, information, and opinions that I hope are interesting to you and maybe it will make your life a little better.

…and if you ever want to meet up and make tortillas, let me know! I’d love to pass the skill along.