by michelle | Jan 19, 2017 | Chickens, Current Events, emergency preparedness, Firewood, Food, Health, Home Heating, movies, Woodstove
“I don’t get sick.” Ever know one of those people who says this? Or “I don’t watch TV.” What? I love TV! I watch as much as I can! I was one of those ‘I never get sick’ people, but I hope I didn’t brag about it. I felt incredibly blessed to be able to avoid a lot of...
by michelle | Jan 17, 2017 | CSA, Current Events, Firewood, Food, Home Heating, Self-Sufficiency
Happy New Year everyone. Time for resolutions about being a better person, making better choices, blah blah blah. This fall Michelle and I did a lot of soul searching about such big life questions. Mainly about how to earn an income … or whether to earn an income …...
by michelle | Jan 12, 2017 | Firewood, Home Heating, Horses, Music, Neighbours
NOTE: Sorry for the delay in posting. We moved our web host over the holidays, and we both got sick with a brutal cold so we haven’t been running on all cylinders. It’s been a snowy winter and after last years horrible green Christmas we were thrilled to have a white...
by michelle | Dec 22, 2016 | Current Events, History, Photography
I love shopping downtown. Especially at this time of year. What a cliché really. But how can you not be nostalgic at this time of year? I suppose I am getting a bit cynical in my old age, like when I hear the Christmas song lyric about “children listening to hear...
by michelle | Dec 13, 2016 | Firewood, Food, Woodstove
This is going to be a really complicated blog. There will be a lot of complex formulas and math and hard stuff to understand … like laws of thermodynamics, and real smart stuff like that. Or not. Since I never did ‘real good’ with math, I won’t be using a lot of...
by michelle | Nov 23, 2016 | Chickens, CSA, Speaking Events
In Michelle’s and my continual reinvention of ourselves economically, I am about to embark on the most exciting business pursuit yet! We’ve run our own businesses for 30 years, done electronic publishing, published awesome books on renewable energy and sustainable...
by michelle | Nov 11, 2016 | Current Events, History, movies, Parenting, Politics, Uncategorized
I got a chance on Wednesday to spend the afternoon with my daughter and grandson. My son-in-law was out of town on business, so I went down after my grandson’s afternoon nap to hang out with them. We started at the Kingston Penitentiary where they are shooting a...
by michelle | Nov 2, 2016 | Carbon Footprint, Neighbours, Self-Sufficiency, Wind Power
Remember that scene in the first Star Wars where the Death Star blows up that planet and Obi-Wan Kenobi says, “There’s been a disturbance in the force”? That’s been the theme of my life for the last couple of months since our wind turbine got knocked out by lightning....
by michelle | Oct 26, 2016 | Horses, Neighbours
I’m one of those people who has a way with horses. I’m terrified of them, and they know it. I love horses. Or rather I love the results of their hay consumption and how it helps build my sandy soil. So I do spend some time around them. I was thinking about horses...
by michelle | Oct 17, 2016 | CSA, Food, Gardening, Nature Appreciation, Solar Power
I am NOT in a rut. I don’t think I’ve ever really been in a rut. Life constantly throws new things my way, and I’m getting better at just going with the flow. When I think of people who put on car doors for 30 years, I am grateful for the path I have chosen. The last...
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