It was a rainy week; we don't need to talk about that, do we? The ground is mush, nothing can be dug, laid, planted, or transported without being mired in huge clods of soil. Everything and everyone has been wet through at least a dozen times, and today it looked clear so we did laundry...that... Continue Reading →
Some weeks are rough; nothing goes right, nothing happens on schedule, the tools needed are missing or broken, the car doesn't start, and so on. Sometimes getting past these hurdles requires taking a step back, taking a deep breath, and counting the weeks since all these projects started. Or sometimes it just takes a major... Continue Reading →
The question I get the asked most is not what I'd expect. People aren't too terribly shocked that I'm building my own house with my own hands...or that at the same time I'm baking bread weekly for as many people as are organized enough to place orders (hint, hint), or that I'm doing all of... Continue Reading →
I write this a few days late - it's Easter Sunday - but it's been a rough week and then I had to gear up to a busy weekend! Yesterday was not only my regular baking day, complete with having to do some last-minute repairs to the oven right before lighting it, but also... Continue Reading →
The Great Wall of China...some 5,000 miles...well that's not quite what we've built this week. However, at the start of the week it did feel like a project of that proportion, with ridiculous quantities of material to be hauled up the hill by hand: rocks, sand, cement, wood, and one's own body, weary from 5... Continue Reading →
It's true! Nidulari Sourdough Bread production is up and running on a weekly basis, having had an extremely successful first run last weekend! These weekly "bake sales" are helping to fund the Nidulari Tiny House project, and will give an outlet to other surplus from the property: fruit, vegetables, decorative flowers, and other baked goods.... Continue Reading →
It's been another exciting week here at the Nid building site! As of last weekend I'd only just started to dig the trench for the foundation, and by now I am already starting to lay up the wall from the base layer of (very large) stones. Sand and cement is being acquired - my first... Continue Reading →
It's three weeks to the day since I arrived on St Croix, beaten down from 30+ hours of flights and airports, feeling that it would take weeks to recover from such an ordeal. However, recovery of that nature was not to be, and instead I've been ever so hard at work. I've cleared my home... Continue Reading →
It's been less than two weeks since I came "home" to St Croix, and much has already been accomplished. I have found a building site for my tiny house, cleared said site, and now re-filled the clearing with a huge mess of branches ensnared in a variety of vines which had to be trimmed from... Continue Reading →
It was a journey. 34 hours. BWI (Baltimore-Washington International Airport) was not the best place to have to wait 8 hours while the temperature rose enough to where Zada could fly. Miami, however, was great, and extremely canine-friendly - lucky, since we had to spend a whole 16 hours there! But finally, finally, we made... Continue Reading →
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