Monthly Archives: January 2014

Splinter-Free Cabin Access

Our rustic little cabin features an old fashioned cabin latch. a piece of broken ax handle, pinned toward one end, sticks through a large iron marine cleat that acts as a door handle, and rests in a notched wooden block. … Continue reading

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Personal Thoughts on Self Reliance at the Turning of the Year

“Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say, Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.” —Nicolas Chamfort Last night we all, in our own way, bid farewell to 2013, a year … Continue reading

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