October 10th, 2008
I always imagine that I’m going to have more time to write than I do. I suppose it always falls down my priority list and after a few hours of doing web work I just need to get away from the computer.
We’ve just got done camping for the last month and a half and have got a much better idea on how to approach our massive homesteading ecovillage project. The first couple of weeks we did a lot of exploring, getting used to the woods, dealing with tick and chigger bites, and generally figuring out a routine that didn’t involve a refrigerator, hot water, or easy electricity.
The ticks and chiggers did a good job of discouraging us from exploring the fields very much and chickens and guinea hens are certain to be the first animals we introduce to the land apart from our cats. The cats for their part did a good job exploring the woods around the campsite and seemed to really enjoy themselves. We worried about them for the first week or two with all the coyote howls off in the distance, but they seemed to take pretty good care of themselves and neither the coyotes nor any other critters snuck into our camp looking for a snack of any kind…
September 1st, 2008
We’re finishing up our vacation at the Beaton family lake house on Tennessee/Mississippi border. It’s been really relaxing most of the time, especially compared to the all-consuming house renovation.
I’ve still had to keep working on my web work which wouldn’t have been too bad but I have to drive several miles to get Wi-Fi and I can only work sitting in my car for as long as my battery will last. That’s meant a couple trips a day every work day. I turned on the broadband wireless card that’s built into my laptop but the lake house is in a black hole for cell phones…
August 4th, 2008
Two months without a post is like a death blow to a blog, but life was just too crazy to have time to write anything. Let me see if I can review briefly.
I fell in love. Then I moved away from Baltimore and got sidetracked in Roanoke, Virginia. I’m helping my girlfriend fix up her house here so that she can rent it out and move out to the farm in Missouri with me. We’ve been busting our asses for about a month and we should be done by this Friday, or at least we better be.
My job at the University of Baltimore decided to let me work 20 hours a week from wherever I am, which is incredibly generous and trusting of them. Of course, I’m a pretty sound investment. It’s been like working 14 hour days trying to keep up with the renovations and web work. I’m exhausted most of the time and that’s why my blog hasn’t been getting much attention. I just sat down this morning and got caught up on web stuff and Liz is still asleep so I’m taking a minute to write…
