I’ve Been Interviewed Again

Recently, Nick Rosen from the British self reliance site, Off-Grid.net interviewed me via Skype. They posted part of that conversation on YouTube several days ago. Ironically, I only just watched it; we’re still accustomizing ourselves to the bandwidth allotment of our new Internet connection. At the end of November, we felt too close to our limit to risk watching a video. I wanted to let readers know about it, of course, and promote it on Twitter and Facebook, but I felt it prudent to actually see it before doing so!

Now I’ve seen it, and at first I was a bit surprised by the resulting video, which you can see here.

Off-Grid.net's promo image puts me in with some pretty rough company (Image: Off-Grid.net).

Off-Grid.net’s promo image puts me in with some pretty rough company. Do I look tough enough?  (Image: Off-Grid.net).

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“White Lightning”

A few days before our first significant snowfall recently, I looked out our front window and saw a small flash of white glinting along the edge of the beach. Watching carefully, I glimpsed it two or three more times, instantaneous flashes, “white lightning,” that confirmed my suspicion: an ermine hunted the windbreak!

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