Like a lot of people who approach middle age, I started to wish for a simpler life based on the quiet of the country. So…
Rural areas of North America are punctuated at measured intervals by small churches, steeples rising above the farmsteads. They recall a time when the…
We have the land. We have a house we are selling. Our next step is to move all our stuff and us over TO…
Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin made from hand-hewn logs with a low ceiling and raggedly sturdy stone fireplace…
Nothing says “log cabin in the pines” like a big solid natural stone fireplace, so when we built our log cabin in the pines,…
The old house crouched in the weeds, summoning as much dignity as it could, missing parts of its roof, some walls, and some windows. …
In my previous article, “You Can Afford Your Homestead Dream,” I described how to find, analyze, do your due diligence, negotiate and buy your…