On June 18th, 1999, while on a camping trip, Bob and I were hiking through Asticou Terraces on Northeast Harbor in Maine. We’d had a series of thunder and lightning storms, but on that afternoon, the clouds finally parted and rays of sunlight dappled golden splashes along the forest floor. We came to a resting […]
Nick and the Porcupine
The first summer we lived here, Bob awoke one night to a chewing sound he heard outside. He went out to investigate. As he shined his light on the door of our shed, a porcupine unabashedly turned and looked at him before returning to his treated lumber supper. Bob tried to yell at him to […]
The Good Life Can Be a Messy Life
I woke up this morning and came down to my office. I should have done yoga. I should have meditated. Instead, I fixed my attention on the woodstove. It’s late May, for Pete’s sake, I shouldn’t need a fire. But I couldn’t stop shivering. I stumbled through the dark outside until I had some kindling […]
A Radical Homemaker’s Take on Investing
A Radical Homemaker’s Take on Investing January 15, 2013 Tags: gainful unemployment, radical homemaking, Tuesday Post Bob’s mandolin: Our idea of a “sound investment.” I received a phone call recently from someone in the media, who introduced himself by way of exclaiming “Is it true that you have a family of four and live on […]
The Other Side of Gainful Unemployment
Earning a living from multiple enterprises can occasionally feel like a tangled mess. “Today, I will do one thing at a time.” These are the words I’ve been saying to myself each morning lately as I leap from my bed. I mindlessly repeat them while at the same time working through what time homeschool lessons […]
Gainful Unemployment
Gainful Unemployment May 16, 2012 Tags: gainful unemployment Life without a job can be full of profitable ventures. It was just getting dark the night of November 1st, 1999 as I locked my bike outside my Ithaca apartment, walked inside and learned from my roommate that Bob had been trying to reach me. He was […]
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