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From September 2002 through August 2003, I turned a residential, three stall garage into a boat shop and built my second boat. The ZenBasser is a 16 foot Garvey which I modified the plans and added raised decking and enclosed … Continue reading
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I receive Sunset Magazine and the cover this month is this 8 x 16 cabin called the Signal Shed, built for under $60k including a small lot in Oregon. The plans and more information are available here at Sunset or … Continue reading
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We woke this morning to the aftermath of last nights rains. Share/Bookmark
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A tornado struck north of Mt. Ayr, Iowa yesterday around 5:17 PM, early news reports suggest the damage at one farm is in the millions of dollars. Mt. Ayr is about 30 minutes from here. Continue reading
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This I Believe, Inc., was founded in 2004 as a not-for-profit organization that engages youth and adults from all walks of life in writing, sharing, and discussing brief essays about the core values that guide their daily lives. This is … Continue reading
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Tim and I were talking at coffee the other morning, he brought up storm spotting and a class being taught up near the county line. Continue reading
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With the hoopla of the Super Bowl over, there is some commentary on the performance of The Who, playing their most popular songs, many of which also happen to be the theme songs of of the CBS shows in the CSI series. The most well known, perhaps, asks the question “Who Are You?” Continue reading
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Lou Ureneck blogged about his cabin building on the New York Times and has moved his blog to it’s new home at MaineCabinBlog.com coinciding with his completion and move in to the space. We’ve swapped emails from time to time during his building and I look forward to his notes, ideas, challenges, and sharing the world of a small cabin life. So, as I wrote earlier, what do you call a colleague / friend / email correspondent / blog buddy? “Neighbor” works well. Continue reading
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Oh, the stories we tell.
Winters now are never as bad as the winter’s of our grandparent’s youth, when they walked to school — up hill, both ways — in cardboard shoes — and they liked it! Continue reading
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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. A newspaper man in 1897 wrote those lines in what became one of the most reprinted editorials in the history of print. Francis Pharcellus Church, answered an 8 year old girl who wrote … Continue reading
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The weather news this week for most of the country was the winter storm. I have to admit, it was impressive, the kind of snow I remember from my childhood, with snow banks taller than people and icicles, and drifts. … Continue reading
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One of my neighbor’s sons bought the red truck last winter. His other son called me this week to ask if I was interested in adopting his dog. He brought her by on Saturday and she’s now part of the … Continue reading