It doesn’t feel like a sacrifice
After finishing school, Jocelyn and Jarvis had $96,000 of debt from student loans, credit cards, and buying a small rural…
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Elk encounter 3 years later
Those who have followed me for a few years should remember my elk encounter from about three years ago,…
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10 years later…
It was 10 years ago on December 22 when PB and I (and our little chihuahua Pekoe) pulled up on…
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East Jesus
I think most everyone is familiar with “Slab City”, an abandoned military base in the Sonoran desert in California. This…
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A day in the emergency room
I spent today in the emergency room, not for me, but for a friend. I had gone to church and…
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Privacy? They are listening
I grew up in the time when cable TV boxes were supposed to have a camera or at the very…
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Fantasy cottage by the sea
Do you remember the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel? Well, if they had a house today, this would be it!…
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Are you nuts? When can we come visit?
Friends, family, most of us have them, and for most of us they play an integral part of our lives…
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Essential Crafter
There was a time when if you wanted to learn how to do something, especially a trade, you found the…
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Confessions of a off grid granny
I cannot believe it’s October already, the days are still warm but the evenings and nights are getting cooler, it’s…
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Aircrete!
I’m certain that most everyone reading this is familiar with using concrete for building material, there are various ways to…
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Never buy grain for your chickens again!
When I picture raising chickens, it’s always free range (of course!), I see a farmer walking through a flock of…
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