Treeson
byI swear we didn’t want to do it. Cutting down a hardwood tree was the last thing we wanted, but the water oak in…
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Starter Wars
byA long time ago, in a kitchen far, far away…. Well, it was only a year ago, in truth. And the kitchen was two…
In a nutshell
byUp the road a few miles from work, there’s a big swath of state land, abutting the Chattahoochee River. Jenn and I took a…
The Heat Is On
byMy back is sore. My knees ache. My fingers are raw. The pain is worth it, though, as we warm ourselves by the fireplace…
Can for All Seasons
byAh, July. The time on the wee homestead when every inch of flat space in the house is covered in produce and mason jars,…
Bin there, dung that
byWhen it comes to compost, we don’t really know crap. There are a million schools of thought on the best way to turn those leftover…
Wood-In-It Be Nice
byWhat good’s a wood stove without wood to chuck into it, amIright? Jenn talked about how we bought some seasoned firewood so we could…
Hearththrob
byThe date atop the crumpled newspaper read 1953. The same year the structure of DNA was discovered, Khrushchev was selected First Secretary of the Soviet…
No Offence
byWhenever I’m bemoaning an upcoming weekend that will be spent repainting a room, I inevitably bump into some people who claim to love painting….