With a two-year old running around you can’t leave oil lanterns sitting out on tables to be knocked over. I’m sure there are dozens of ways to do this, but I settled on using materials I already had on hand: – About 8-10 feet of rope – Two small coat hanger hooks – Two small [...]
My preference in lighting this one room cabin is to use oil lanterns because I enjoy the warm glow of natural light over the cold, blue beam of LEDs. However, the problem with oil lamps is that they do burn up a lot of oil, and that stuff isn’t cheap. It would be cheaper, and [...]
The last three months have been wonderful, but full of things that trumped posting on Living a Simple Life. Having recently become close friends with a photographer, I thought the best way to play catch-up and save a few thousand words would be with pictures. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into my lovely and [...]
This review is long overdue. In the interest of full disclosure, Anna is a friend of mine and I (sadly, since I am only just now getting to post something well after it was available in stores) was given a free advance copy to review on this blog. Sorry Anna! #LotsGoingOnRoundHere The Weekend Homesteader: A [...]
I’ve been living in this cabin for a month now and thought I’d share a few things about my experience so far. First of all, I love it. I do plan on buying a small house on 15 acres soon. And though I will welcome a warm shower in the evenings, a refrigerator, and a [...]
This morning I woke up without an alarm, cooked oatmeal on the wood stove while heating up the cabin, meditated, ate, and did a couple hours of paid work on the computer. I ran some errands, had lunch, met Missy at the coffee shop, and came back home. I read, went for a run, worked [...]
I recently got back from a 7 day silent meditation retreat at the Bhavana Society – www.bhavanasociety.org. Everett told me he didn’t think retreat was the right word and I agree. It’s a retreat from everyday life, but definitely not a lay back and take it easy kind of thing! Once, I even heard a [...]
The following post was written by Anna Hess or The Walden Effect blog. Anna just had her first book published and we will be reviewing it soon.
Mark Hamilton from The Walden Effect blog (my favorite homesteading blog in the world) asked if we would help him run a little contest to see if we can get in some great ideas for automatic chicken feeders. We’re excited to see what people come up with! The details are below… I made a post [...]
Anyone who has been reading this blog for awhile knows that we’ve been having trouble finding our preferred balance between the “Simple Life” and the realities of being parents and technology professionals in a rural area. Our goals have not changed, but a lot of other things have. We have decided that our goal will [...]
Everett writes about voluntary simplicity. This blog catalogs his search for "the good life" as he tries to strike a balance between work and play, freedom and responsibility, simplicity and comfort.
