Trail Improvements

In keeping with Michelle’s birthday wishes, we repaired a bad place on the trail from Mud Bay to our homestead. There’s a certain hill, which, when we first moved to the homestead, Aly dubbed “‘Druther Not,” as in, “I’d ruther not climb that hill with a heavy load again!” It has a low spot bridged by log rip-rap that has rotted and broken over the years. We started on the 9th and finished on the 11th. All in all, it was an appropriate project for the anniversary of moving to the homestead.

Michelle on the finished trail.

The Birthday Girl admires our newly-completed handywork (Photo: Mark Zeiger).

The repair job exceeds our expectations. We’ve been brainstorming the process for a long time now. Continue reading →

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“Meatless Monday” and Our Place in the Mainstream

We listened with amusement and bemusement to a recent radio news report about a new campaign to help Americans to cut down on saturated fats by instigating “Meatless Mondays.” It’s a great idea for the mainstream, but for us it’s another reminder that we are not mainstream. Continue reading →

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