Monthly Archives: August 2011


Lodge – Phase 1

We’ve been planning and dreaming for so long about the lodge that I wouldn’t have blamed Amanda for thinking it might never actually happen. Now that we can see real progress, it’s almost anticlimactic.


Gracefully Embracing Poverty

I’ve been wrestling lately with how Amanda’s and my outlook on the coming crises we Americans face differs from that of many of our friends. I’m coming slowly to the conclusion that it may relate to a decision we made a few years ago to embrace poverty as gracefully as […]


Pressure Canning Green Beans

Neither Amanda’s parents nor mine canned vegetables much. My mother was big on freezing vegetables, and Amanda’s Mom never was truly comfortable preparing food, so neither of us knew much about canning when we moved here.