Rural Revolution

While the long-suffering people in the eastern half of America reel from the impact of the massive storm that just passed through (and now, ...

Don and I, as often happens, underestimated the amount of hay we needed to get the livestock through the winter. I don't know why, but w...

This cartoon was created by the talented writer and artist Wren Everett and appeared in the Jan/Feb/Mar 2026 issue of Backwoods Home Magazin...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...