Boxes, Birds and Wood Fires


For a week now, we’ve been living in our new house among a sea of boxes.  Piece by piece, we unpack our old life and see how it fits with our new life.  Already we find that some loved items simply don’t fit into this (smaller) house.  We knew this would be the case.  Part … Continue reading Boxes, Birds and Wood Fires

If you are reading this, it’s a clear day


When I started writing this blog, full of idealistic notions of the way we would live on our new property, I imagined we would face many challenges.  I didn’t imagine that even being able to log onto the internet would be one of them. Our property is 30 minutes drive out of a very large … Continue reading If you are reading this, it’s a clear day