Outhouse Love

The morning Aly returned to the “homestead” last summer, she came into the cabin and commented on outhouses. I wish I’d written it down! I think she said, “Outhouses are so much more civilized than indoor plumbing!”

I couldn’t agree more.

Be it ever so humble,there's no place like the home outhouse. (photo: Stan Harris)

Be it ever so humble,there’s no place like the home outhouse. (photo: Stan Harris)

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Deadlines

I love deadlines, as long as they’re someone else’s!

Occasionally, I log onto author, James Howard Kunstler’s Website and blog. Recently, I read that he’d suspended his podcast, because he’s under deadline to finish a third book in this “World Made By Hand” Series.

This is the time of year when I usually read or listen to the first two books in the series, World Made by Hand, and The Witch of Hebron  (paid link) (see Read These Books…BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!). I find a lot to think about in these books, and have eagerly awaited further stories of post-collapse America as seen from the Hudson River valley. Continue reading →

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