
Beer & Building with Friends
Listen, logically you might think mixing alcohol and power tools is a bad idea… and, well, you would probably be right. But you know what
Listen, logically you might think mixing alcohol and power tools is a bad idea… and, well, you would probably be right. But you know what
People talk a lot about “crazy cat ladies” and I can only assume that none of those people has ever seen a woman who lives
Here’s the thing about Spring in Michigan. Sunday, I spent almost the entire day working outside, and do you know how many sleeves I was
One of the things I love most about my life is that I’m pretty sure the Universe is constantly messing with me. This, I suspect,
It only took two years of living on the farm for me to recognize that there’s a very fine line between holy-effing-freezing and holy-shit-my-garden-should-have-been-planted-already. As
Okay, so I’ve recently established that I haven’t been just sitting around doing nothing over the last couple of years, but there are a couple
For many months now, my thoughts have been fixated on one thing: Snow. Specifically, when the hell it will finally melt so I don’t have
It’s weird, but in general I expect that people who are “list makers” have your typical Type A personality. They make lists. They check shit
I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.
Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.
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