The Dark Night
by“There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything that’s a little shy and a…
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Branching Out
byCharlie Brown isn’t the only one this season filling overlooked greenery with holiday cheer. While at the hardware store, my sister-in-law noticed a garbage…
Thank Tank
byFor most, Thanksgiving kicks off the craziest time of the year, but we chose, instead, to spend the weekend enjoying our leisurely, unplugged traditions:…
#takebackfriday
byThe only thing on my shopping list was contact solution. An easy 10-minute detour at the store, right? That was before the disorienting sensory assault of…
The True Cost
byYes, I’m a cheap bastard. Yes, I have the fashion sense of a narwhal. But the real reason I buy secondhand clothes goes deeper…
Samhain
byThe back door was open to let in the sound of pouring rain, but it was the chattering of hundreds of birds, right behind…
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….