Tired, Grateful
I’ve been doing a lot more writing over the last couple of weeks than one would probably suspect given how little I’ve posted to this
I’ve been doing a lot more writing over the last couple of weeks than one would probably suspect given how little I’ve posted to this
Living on this little farm is an ongoing exercise in Things I Am Not Prepared For. Or, in this case, Things I Thought I Was
Well, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks, but the upside of spending my evenings trying to get that damned vegetable garden under control is that…
If truck engines and bees, and then planting a small vineyard and a new garden in front of the house weren’t enough… I also celebrated
I know some people like throwing horseshoes or beanbags around, but out here if I’m going to throw something at a target it’s going to
The first part of my vacation (well, really just the first day) was all about reorienting myself to what’s been going on around here. Spring
One of my favorite traditions around here–my “gift” to myself, if you will– is that around my birthday I take some time off from my
A few weeks ago I mentioned that things were about to get real exciting on the farm… One of those exciting things was that I
It’s been an incredibly stressful couple of weeks around here– the kind of weeks where I feel like I’m just barely keeping things together– and
This is my fifth spring on the farm, and I still haven’t gotten used to how quickly things go from waiting, waiting, waiting for the weather
I’m having a hard time sitting down to write anything, and that’s because half of my house is way too organized right now and the
Let’s just go ahead and add this to the list of Things I Should Have Done Four Years Ago But Didn’t Because I Like My
No joke, guys… right now there are four people staring at my face as I type this. Roberto– creative direcor/editor/chief-in-charge-of-telling-me-to-do-things-just-one-more-time (it’s never just one more
“Laundry Room Progress.” Literally the most boring title I’ve come up with in a decade of writing this website. But let me just say this…
I’m not sure where to start with all of my current and upcoming projects… let’s just say that 2016 is setting out to be both
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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