Car Keys – The Eternal Search and.. wait, that’s going to be HOW MUCH?!
I mentioned the other day how The Engineir was out cleaning the garage so I could once again park inside. My half of the garage was occupied by my motorcycle over the summer, and other detritus accumulated around it since the space wasn’t being fully used. Piles of recycling, things I’d cleaned out of my [...]
The Modern Homestead – Automation
Part of coming to terms with modern society v. Simplicity is making the best use of available tools. Fortunately, I have this amazing boyfriend who is a hard-core computer nerd and who is keenly interested in monitoring and automation. Toward the goal of a house that might eventually become SkyNet, the ever-engineery Mike Neir has [...]
The Autumnal Chickens
I haven’t posted any chicken photos in awhile, so here are a few shots from yesterday evening. They do not hold still well when they’re eating. They’re laying five eggs per day most days, with occasional days of four to seven (!!). The girls have scratched away nearly every scrap of grass in their enclosure, [...]
The Big News Around the Homestead
Word on the street is, Chickenhead is laying eggs. The street is right! She’s been laying them daily for three days – on the seat of her mom’s chair. They are small, but delicious. Nothing yet from the other girls, but nest boxes are being built. Here, you can see the girls busily hammering in [...]
Drama in the Chicken Coop
I’m writing this up while I wait for my lunch to heat up in our half-dead microwave, so please forgive me if it’s more disjointed than usual, and forgive the lack of photos. Last night, as dusk settled in upon us, I was in the driveway sweeping mulch remains out of my dad’s truck bed. [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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