Pippin Williamson http://pippin.com/ Lover of fine beer, nature conservationist, and former tech founder Mon, 18 Nov 2019 01:31:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 112070754 Solar pond http://pippin.com/solar-pond/ Sat, 16 Nov 2019 14:45:16 +0000 https://pippin.com/?p=350 This past August my family was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 124 acres of beautiful pasture and woods land went up for sale next to us. It was the property that bordered our existing 11 acres so we were given an option to expand our acreage significantly, and we jumped on it. Among other treasures, the […]

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]]> 350 Striving for calm at work http://pippin.com/striving-for-calm-at-work/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:52:54 +0000 https://pippin.com/?p=326 It’s crazy at work. We hear that all the time from friends, family, co-workers, and ourselves. It’s one of the constant trends in the idle chatter that happens at get togethers, family reunions, and meetups of all kinds. But why? In the last ten years, looking back to when I was just starting out on […]

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]]> 326 Fiber internet, aka triumphs of rural broadband http://pippin.com/fiber-internet-aka-triumphs-of-rural-broadband/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:46:02 +0000 https://pippin.com/?p=321 Two years ago I wrote about the Trials and Triumphs of Rural Broadbad. The post detailed some of my experience in obtaining a decent internet connection in a pseudo rural part of central Kansas. In the end, after six months of work, my wife and I were able to get a decent connection that gave […]

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]]> 321 Black cherries in the Sandhills http://pippin.com/black-cherries-in-the-sandhills/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 02:10:59 +0000 https://pippin.com/?p=322 Shortly after moving back to the central Kansas Sandhills, my dad and I discovered a Black Cherry tree in the woods near our house. At first we thought it was probably the only one but we then quickly discovered there were not only dozens of trees, but hundreds spread across a few acres. We found […]

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]]> 322 Wildfires at the Sandhill Prairie Farm http://pippin.com/wildfires-at-the-sandhill-prairie-farm/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:30:33 +0000 http://pippin.com/?p=194 On Wednesday, March 14, shortly after noon, several grass fires were started two miles directly south of the Sandhill Prairie Farm, my childhood home and where my parents still live. The fire quickly grew into the very definition of a wild fire and traveled several miles straight north, pushed by the 30 MPH winds blowing […]

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]]> 194 Trials and triumphs of rural broadband http://pippin.com/trials-triumphs-rural-broadband/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:01:31 +0000 http://pippin.com/?p=135 Moving back into the country has been on my todo list ever since I left it 10 years ago. A little over a month ago, that goal was achieved when my family and I moved from our suburban home to a house three miles outside of city limits on 11 acres of land. Two of […]

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]]> 135 Green space http://pippin.com/green-space/ Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:45:49 +0000 http://pippin.com/green-space/ Abundant research has been done that shows the value of green space within our cities. The presence of green can have a profoundly positive effect on the mental and physical health of a city’s citizens. Unfortunately the total green space within cities tends to shrink as a population grows. While there are examples of cities […]

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]]> 132 Grace Hill Winery http://pippin.com/grace-hill-winery/ Fri, 09 Jun 2017 22:49:09 +0000 http://pippin.com/?p=113 As the brewery project my brother and I are working on progresses, the time comes to buy equipment, some of which includes a large series of wood barrels from wineries and distilleries from around the country. Today I drove to Grace Hill Winery, a local winery just an hour from the brewery, to pick up the […]

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]]> 113 December around the farm http://pippin.com/december-around-the-farm/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:39:38 +0000 http://pippin.com/?p=105 The post December around the farm appeared first on Pippin Williamson.

]]> 105 Remember babbling brooks http://pippin.com/remember-babbling-brooks/ Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:32:25 +0000 http://pippin.com/?p=103 At one time or another, we all face difficult decisions. Today I was faced with one of the most difficult and heart-wrenching decisions I’ve had put before me. Shortly after making a final decision, one that I’m sure will continue to haunt me for months to come, I remembered something I wrote many years ago. As poetry […]

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