If you’ve spent much time on Longleaf Breeze, you already know that I hate stumps. So even though Amanda played me masterfully, she didn’t need to. She had me at “I wish there was something we could do about that stump.”

Amanda and I are hanging out in our hotel room in Chattanooga on a Sunday morning. She’s madly working to get everything done that needs to happen on the Internet, because we’re about to be away from it for a couple of days. We’re basking in the glow of a […]

It was an afterthought. As we talked with our plumber Tim Ledbetter about what water connections we would need in the apartment, I suggested that it might be nice to have an outdoor shower. We thought there might be times when one or both of us would be so dirty […]

Problems with the septic tank this week. Coming as they did on the heels of Our Wretched Little (Not) Hot Water Adventure, they have my bride and me feeling a little snakebit right now.

If you’ve spent any time reading about our move to the farm, you know we are focused on resiliency. We don’t need a lot of space, and we don’t need a lot of gadgets, but we want to make sure we and those we love can stay warm, dry, and […]

In the first few months after becoming the proud owners of Longleaf Breeze, Amanda and I spent most weekends clearing and burning. We would pick a spot, build a small fire, and commence throwing sticks into it until the spot was clear, and then we would move on. We got […]