Rhubarb and Sam, Episode 5

This week in Rhubarb and Sam, discussing community, connecting and not connecting. In particular, feeling connected to our new friends in England even as we feel disconnected locally. Being atheists in a conservative Christian community can often be a strange experience with few community connections. We work to cultivate and nurture the few that we have.


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Rhubarb and Sam, Episode 4

This week in Rhubarb and Sam, astronomy! We set-up at the Tucker Creek observatory for some time at the telescope only to have a clear night turn into a not-so-clear night due to high humidity. The stars were still pretty bright in our dark skies so we settled in on the moon couch (our disc shaped outdoor couch) to record an episode. From Cygnus to Sagittarius, Saturn to Mars, take a tour of our night sky with us. There's nothing quite like pondering our place in our galaxy and our galaxy's place in the Universe. Have a listen!



Links of interest:
Our Milky Way Galaxy
Our Solar System
Globular Clusters

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Rhubarb and Sam, Episode 3

This week in Rhubarb and Sam a middle of the night discussion of identity, life on earth, feeling small and feeling large. Have a listen!

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Rhubarb and Sam, Episode 2

This week in Rhubarb and Sam we touch on child rearing, aquarium disasters and the evolution of family life. In short, it's a balancing act that starts fresh every day. Have a listen!

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Rhubarb and Sam

We're happy and only slightly embarrassed to release unto the unsuspecting population of planet earth, our new podcast, Rhubarb and Sam. A weekly masterpiece that will both delight and depress you. Recorded live from our studio which in truth is our bed. Please, note this is a family friendly podcast (usually) and all recording is done fully clothed (usually) and we think is in good taste even if it is somewhat absurd!

Here you'll find an assortment of topics ranging from neutrinos to silly goat stories to... oh, what the hell, this is usually the end of our day "musings" which is to say, who knows what it is you'll find. Consider it a weekly mystery, 12-15 minutes in length.

Nine Peas in a Pod - 2013 Family Video

So, for the past few years I've put together a compilation of some of our family's photos and videos from the previous year, with a happy, eclectic selection of tunes. We were a little rushed and a lot late this year, but, better late than never, Denny and I managed to throw together an hour long video for your viewing pleasure. Some of you have received DVD copies of this, but for those who didn't and have some time on your hands, Denny has made a digital copy available.    

Nine Peas in a Pod - 2013 Williams Henke Family Video

Spring on the Homestead

Spring, as they say, is pretty much awesome.
       Wait, is that what they say?  Oh, no.  Um, yeah… spring is springing.  See spring spring.  Go spring go.

It has taken hours upon hours to clean up the mess left by one of our previous occupants.  No more scrap metal, no more soda pop bottles, no more tools rusting in the rain, no broken down cars or old trailers, and two less ugly, rickety sheds.  In place of these things there are flower beds with native flowers transplanted from Denny’s place, an herb spiral, blueberry bushes, arbors built from cedar branches, a duck pond, low rock walls and borders, safe, debris-free areas for the children to play… and more beautiful things and projects all the time.

Here are some snippets from around Make-It-Do Farm...

Daisy had triplets this year, the two bucks pictured with her and the doe in Blue’s arms in the next.  We’ve been bottle-feeding the doe to make sure she gets what she needs without competing with her brothers.  We’ll sell her in a couple weeks when she is weaned, as we really have no room on the farm for a goat who thinks it’s a human.  =)


One of Rochel’s two bucklings.  Little named this one Sniffy and the other Finder.

Yours truly opening my first shipment of paperback copies of my book.

A Denny and a Little gardening on a warm day...

Farra is often doing make-up and costumes just for fun.  I think she and Seth are supposed to be some kind of savages...
 
Filling the duck pond...

Building the arbor for the raspberries.  Note the duck pond in the background, surrounded by rock.  Denny has been hard at work!

And as always, we have been hard at work making and selling soap.  Be sure to check out daisyblend.com for prices and varieties!