The title of this post is paraphrasing a quote from one of my favorite passages of all time of this year. The passage I have excerpted below was written by American naturalist John Burroughs, pictured here. This was a man who truly knew how to observe nature by removing all the crap that filters the [...]
Update: B. Nine. Calling B9. Anyone? B9? Oh, that’s me. Just talked to the surgeon. Bingo! I know the Title should have been “Frankenstein’s Monster” but it doesn’t sound as good. Poor Dr. Frankenstein. What’s worse? Having your name used as a verb, or as another proper noun? Google it. So I’ve been procrastinating. Here, let [...]
Perhaps the title is misleading, as “rural America” has never died. She has changed; she has suffered; but like the strong-willed people who make up her population, she has persevered despite having a large portion of her three greatest treasures stolen over the last sixty-odd years. Those three things are her people, her economy, and [...]
We’re Everett and Missy’s farm neighbors. This is our story about “Living the Simple Life”. Working in the big city for years certainly had its conveniences; coffee shops, bars, restaurants, shopping, etc. However for us, the ugly truth of the big city was way too close; crime, obnoxious traffic, career stress, inconsiderate people, politics, and [...]
I was looking around some of my files and found this brief write-up about my first encounter with the slaughtering of a hog. Both my father and husband are deer hunters so I have seen animals cut open and “processed.” Tommy and I have also processed our chickens if they were roosters or when they [...]
I have to admit I was a little upset about all the work I put into the new site not getting the reception I’d hoped for. In the end, I’m sure it will all work out. But right now I just want to tell a little story about how my life is different now than [...]
When I first heard the phrase Rethinking Voluntary Complexity I was struck with an internal bolt of lightning. This concept of voluntary complexity is something I’ve pondered for the last several years, but I never had a name for it. I could sit and think, if I reduced this or didn’t use that we wouldn’t [...]
Hello great world! This is our first time blogging. We are truly passionate about living close to the earth and being as self-sufficient as possible. We were inspired and encouraged by a friend to share our stories with others. Although we are far from perfection, we’ve been pursuing a homesteading lifestyle for over a decade. [...]
First and foremost, we are both thankful that Mrs. Simpleton is pregnant. That’s right – we’re going to have a baby! I may have hinted around about it in a previous post, but we didn’t want to tell anyone until she was further along. Now she is almost twelve-weeks and things seem to be going just fine. So on behalf of both of us, we are most thankful for the chance to start a family. And all we hope for at this moment is a healthy child.
This list below is an ongoing seasonal to-do list around here. By ‘ongoing’, I mean that it is not finished and subject to change. These are some of the smaller projects that will help us reach our long-term goals for the next two years.
We believe that humankind has lost some important things in the march toward progress. That is not to say progress and simplicity are mutually exclusive. We believe we can have both, and this site catalogs our journey as we try to do exactly that.
The Transplants
Missy & Everett
TreeStone Farm
Tommy
The Old-Timers
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
The Urban Homesteaders
Coming Soon
The Minimalists
Coming Soon
