Our New Free Four-Holer
When I was 16 I calculated that I had lived about an equal number of days with “in-houses” as I …
Category Archives: Everyday Activity
The Circle Will Stay Unbroken
One of the great things about having history with family and friends is that you don’t have to fill in …
Memories of Fall
Today, as I was musing on our first fall here in the 1970s, I went outside and rescued my fall …
Watching the End of Summer
When we were building the house I insisted on a window less than two feet off the floor by my …
The Tables of Our Life
In almost 38 years of marriage we have only had usable tables for about two of them. We have five …
Linking Our Food and Our Space
We reached batch 21, jar 71 tonight in the canning of the 41st pound of cherries. Canning has overtaken everything …
Three Cheers for Pickled Beets
Tonight we had 100 percent success on our canned pickled beets. Every one of the jars sealed. It was a …
Forty Degrees Below Zero At My Desk
This past week has brought us record breaking heat throughout the west and in our part of Montana. Temperatures here …
U.S. Deceleration of Independence: “Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown”
It is uncommon for us to take time to read the actual text of the US Deceleration of Independence. In …
Unpacking Our New Life
When we picked the name of the website we intended for it to chronicle our rebuild from the wildfire that …
