Actually, the week started last Saturday instead of thinking in the usual way that it starts on Monday. Or that's just my way of notching my stick, I suppose. Anyway, it's Saturday again. Last Saturday at this time Elv and I four-wheeler-ed up to our lamp-lit cabin and clambered down the snowbank… Continue reading The Week In Words
Category: Logging
A Thousand Word Picture
This picture tells Elv a lot of things. Which machine, which pickup, which job, the circumstance of having the travel trailer on the job. I put it here for the record. The date is July 2013. It wasn't a very good piece of stumpage. I saw the color: red geranium, red pickup, red processor… Continue reading A Thousand Word Picture
What’s Happening At Home
We have been living on the job in the woods. I carried the fresh picked strawberries along with jam making tools and ingredients and made jam there. Nothing to it. And there wasn’t much. By the time I finished up, I got to wondering where else I could get my hands on more fruit of… Continue reading What’s Happening At Home
Summer Stone House Living
Amy gave the old root bound and beautiful hanging potted house plant a "hair cut" and couldn't bear to throw the lovely leaves away. So we decided to root them. The blue jars make perfect vases for the project.I found these books at the used shop this week: Stones Into School by Greg Mortensen, It's… Continue reading Summer Stone House Living