This morning, I was thinking about when I was a kid, about the farm across the river from ours, and about the folks who lived…
“It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.” ~ Oscar Wilde ~~~~~~~~ So you’re out of work; maybe you have been…
Lately, I’ve been watching some of the goings-on as a handful of people have been setting themselves up to live in the country, many for…
One of my favorite cartoons shows a politician giving a speech at one of those thousand-dollar-a-plate dinners. He’s saying, “…And during my administration, we’ve created…
If you’re shopping for a used tractor, if you’ve never owned a tractor before, and if you’re reading the pages of Homestead.org, then I’m going…
You know, it’s getting where music really ticks me off. Okay, I know what you’re thinking already. It’s practically blasphemy to speak ill of music;…
There was a tradesman here the other day to correct certain abnormalities in our septic apparatus. He was complimenting me on the beautiful woods that…
Excerpted from Neil’s latest book LandBook – An owner’s manual for rural land (second edition) ~~~~~~~~ I’ll bet that, if you’re old enough to read, you’ve…
If you live in the woods, then you absolutely, positively gotta have chains. I don’t mean the sort of chain you wear around your neck…
Back in the Bad Old Days, when I was a practicing real estate broker, I used to drive around the country every day showing land…
Alright, enough is enough! I’ve got to get something off my chest that’s really been testing my patience for the last thirty or forty years,…
Excerpted from Neil’s latest book LandBook – An owner’s manual for rural land (second edition) ~~~~~~~~ Some people swear by meditation; others tout the virtues of…