Monthly Archives: September 2013

Fighting Fire

Every autumn I face a period of internal struggle, deciding when to start using the wood stove to heat the cabin. My head tells me to start lighting fires when the house grows too cold for optimum comfort, or the … Continue reading

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“Lining” and Other Solo Canoeing Tricks

Even after we acquired a set of single kayaks (see We Need to Get Out More!), our Coleman Ram X Scanoe, a flat-sterned freighting canoe is still the most often-used boat on our “homestead”. We acquired it soon after we … Continue reading

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