Homesteading–chipmunk style
I flipped the page on The Mister’s Northern Woodlands day calendar one-day last month and found myself staring at a diagnosis for my condition. It turns out I’m part chipmunk. “Chipmunks will store as much food as they can, sometimes much more than they could possibly use. They don’t have a stop button.” Right at […]
The summer I’ve been waiting for–but not for the reason you might think
For the love of woodpiles
I was standing at a window in the other living room—the room we use so seldom that we are never even quite sure what to call it—craning my neck and peering out between the blinds. “Whatcha lookin’ at?” asked The Mister, a twinkling of amusement and curiosity in his voice. “My woodpile, of course!” […]
Milking goats, getting published, and the gift of the magi
The man selling greenhouse kits at the fair burst into hearty laughter when I asked him if he wrote a blog about his lifestyle. “I’m a homesteader! I don’t have time for that stuff.” I smell what he’s stepping in. Depending upon the level of homesteading in which one engages, there is often very little […]