Farm Life – Page 3 – Kick Ass or Die

Learning the Hard Way

March 27, 2014 24 Comments

Let me tell you something. If there is an easy way to learn things that are totally beyond your current realm of expertise, that shit

Good Things: The Nugget Edition

March 16, 2014 20 Comments

You guys might have gathered from my recent posts (or lack thereof) that the last couple of months have been particularly challenging. I finally had

Wildlife Interlude & The Last Lessons of the Year

December 30, 2013 37 Comments

Listen, just ’cause I drank one bottle of wine and sang a Christmas carol about my power tools does not mean we’re done talking about

End of the Garden 2013: Planning for Next Year

November 20, 2013 26 Comments

Over the weekend I finally got around to cleaning out all of those raised beds I built and grew an overwhelming amount of tomatoes in

Dutch Door: In Progress

November 18, 2013 15 Comments

Do you guys know how many swear words I use every single time I have to install a door by myself? Pretty much all of

First Snow

November 13, 2013 14 Comments

Well, this happened… Pretty sure that three weeks ago I was working outside in a tank-top. Yep. Definitely was. I’d be surprised, but this is

The Last Hundred Feet

November 10, 2013 13 Comments

The pasture fence may actually qualify as the most overwhelming project of 2013, which was completely unexpected because the pasture fence that MysteryMan and I

Farmers Auction

October 29, 2013 13 Comments

Probably the most important item on my “prep for winter” list was to stock up on hay for the donkeys. Since they came to the

Around The Farm: Holy Shit it’s Almost Winter Edition

October 28, 2013 13 Comments

There has been a slight constriction of my chest muscles regarding Winter since sometime back in August, no joke. It may seem melodramatic that a

All This for a Little Ass

October 15, 2013 21 Comments

These are the type of posts that I like to start with a litany of injuries, just to set context: strained shoulder, moderately-bloody forearm gash,

Fenced In (Almost)

October 9, 2013 13 Comments

Tuesday, when I got home from work, I found this… Really, donkey? Outside of the fence… napping. It’s like he’s just doing it on principle

Happiness Is a Big Black Truck In My Driveway

August 7, 2013 32 Comments

So. This happened. You’re looking at a very large, very unexpected, F250 Powerstroke Diesel parked in front of my barn. I’d like to take a

Wherein I Splint a Chicken Toe

April 7, 2013 19 Comments

I think I need to take a minute here to ponder the twists and turns in my life that brought me to the point in

A Single Girl’s Guide To Country Living & House Features

February 1, 2012 17 Comments

Here’s how I kicked off the week. I already had a jump-start on feeling awesome with the successful Moonshine Lamp project that I knocked out

I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.

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THE STORYTELLER

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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