My brother (Gene Kuhns, Jr.) and I (David Kuhns) connect to nature. We have since we were young. Our Dad and Grandma Bertha, as well as aunts, uncles and family members, taught us how.
He's planting and organizing 10 acres on Vashon Island (near Seattle). I recently moved to 5+ acres of cedar and hickory woods along West Chickamauga Creek in Northwest Georgia. We're both working toward natural and self-sustaining lifestyles. Wildflower cultivation; bee, butterfly and bird attracting; organic gardening: In short, getting off the grid and back to the woods, fields and waters as much as possible. He's an energetic, engineering type. I'm the contemplative, creative type. (He gets stuff done. I think and write about it!) We capture -- with photos and writing -- what we observe and learn. Follow the Nature Guy(s) and our opposite coast adventures!
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Finding Wonderful Hidden Wildflowers: Haiku
It is often so/ that when we clear dross and junk,/ we find wonderful. Using a loping shears to clear underbrush and non-native privet from around the hardwood trees in my back yard reveals an undergrowth of black-eyed susans and other hidden wildflowers. Sometimes you have to burn the grasses and weeds from large fields, […]
Georgia Summer Hot Green – ImproVerse Haibun
The Northwest Georgia summer is hot. That doesn’t surprise me. I expected the weight of heat like an oven. What shocks my mind, not my system, is that August on the banks of the West Chickamauga is not as uncomfortable as I remember Wisconsin being. Mid-August growing up in Milwaukee when it was 99 + […]
Lighthouse On The Hill — Port of Refuge
There are times when I don’t know which blog I should post on. Last night’s drive through a torrential lightening and rain storm ended up at our house. Never has it seemed so much like a lighthouse and port of refuge from the storm. I wrote a long description of our experience, and turned it […]
Blueberry / Strawberry Dream – Sugarless Dessert
Blueberry / Strawberry Dream – No Bake Cheesecake – Sugarless Dessert For my health, I’ve been trying to cut down on processed sugars. While studying KETO to accommodate one of our guests at our June creative retreat, I discovered a wonderful natural sugar substitute that contains no carbs or calories. It’s called Granular Monk Fruit […]
Natural Solar Power Clothes Dryer – Haibun
Warm Feelings About Our New Solar Power Clothes Dryer I drive up the long and winding yellow dirt road that leads to our door. The shape of my front porch seems somehow different, somehow unexpected, somehow off balance. And yet our two-story house seems more home and homey than ever. Suddenly, I realize what’s making […]
Lightening Strikes the Old Woman of the Woods (A Vignette)
Dave and I went for a walk to the old oak that stands in the woods near our home. Dave calls her “The Old Woman of the Woods.” She’s been there since 20 years prior to the Civil War, and I’m sure she’s seen and heard a lot in her time. As I rested my […]
Look For More Beauty: ImproVerse Haiku
When you take time to/ look for beauty, you might be/ rewarded with more.
Water Filters That Get Rid of Sulfur Smell in Well Water
In a previous post, I talked about how our well water smells like sulfur (or rotten eggs). I talked about how there can actually be health benefits to sulfur in your water. Yet, I still am not a fan of showering in sulfur fumes. Since we do retreats at our house, I didn’t feel comfortable […]
Walk In The Woods Visit – Haibun
When the Old Woman of the Woods Calls The morning dawned only slightly humid and a bit cool for Northwest Georgia in August, perfect for a walk in the woods. My paths usually run through cedars and smaller trees on my property. On this particular morning it was clear: The Old Woman of the Woods […]
When You Lock Yourself Inside: Free Verse About Wildflowers
The fields are bursting brightwith wildflower’d colors:Purple,red,orange,yellow,blue,white. I didn’t know.I missed the wildflower show.It’s tragic what you don’t see,hear,smell,taste,feel,when you lockyourself inside. I’m not surprised,nor mad.Just a little sad,yet gladI soon enough realizedthe wildflower blissI might havecompletely missed. I’ll do better.