Rural Revolution

In-your-face stuff from an opinionated rural North Idaho housewife

Friday, January 23, 2026

Winter weather

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For the last few days, we're been hearing dire weather reports about the massive storm and bitter cold bearing down on two-thirds of the...
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Thursday, January 22, 2026

The final shipment

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Dear readers, thank you for your forbearance as Don and I coped with finishing up a massive production run of tankards after Older Daughter...
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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Sorry for the silence!

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A few readers have expressed concern about the blog silence. My apologies! We're all doing fine except we're still slammed with gett...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The elk are back

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Every winter in our area, the elk move from the high country to lower elevations. This means we suddenly start seeing them all over the plac...
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Monday, January 12, 2026

An illiterate generation?

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Two related news stories caught my attention this week. One was entitled " They Can't Read: [Hoover Institution Senior Fellow} Vict...
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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Where's a 'Cheese AI' when I need it?

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I made a batch of cheese today. I was busy doing other things as well, but I used my faithful kitchen timers to keep me on track for all the...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Calibrated to cities

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Don, as you may recall, suffers from a malady we dubbed " Poliphobia " – namely, a "fear" of cities. This is not a real ...
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Monday, January 5, 2026

Drowning in tankards

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Sorry for the silence, dear readers. Don and I have been drowning in tankards for the last few days. To update our disastrous New Year's...
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Friday, January 2, 2026

A really, really rough New Year's Eve

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We are now two days into the New Year, and now I feel I can write about what our New Year's Eve was like. In a nutshell, it was very, ve...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Making Parmesan cheese

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A few days ago, I mentioned in passing that I made my first batch of Parmesan cheese over Christmas . A reader asked for more details. I don...
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