Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~Henry David Thoreau
While originally drawn to the pristine hot springs and ancient old-growth forest of Breitenbush Hot Springs, located about 1.5 hours outside Portland, Ore., we savored every last morsel of their vegetarian and mostly organic meals.
Expanding the floor plan on our farmhouse offered more than its fair share of challenges. One such challenge was tying the existing walls of the original structure into the new walls of the expansion.
Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers … or maybe they were fermented. Can’t tell the difference? Here’s how.
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~Erma Bombeck
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Whoever installed the old roof of our farmhouse did a pretty horrifying job
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ~Mahatma Gandhi
Our freshly harvested kale sits in a bucket on the kitchen counter, just as the day before and the day before that. Actually, every day this week, we’ve needed to pick this prolific green, which we’re growing for the first time.
Three contractors and two totally stressed-out homeowners later, my husband and I decided to take matters into our own hands—literally.
After settling on a contractor, we moved ahead with the farmhouse’s demolition and repair of the substructure (aka, the floor and rim joists devoured by termites and powder post beetles). Our goals: cut costs and keep renovation in motion.
When in doubt, choose the kids. ~Anna Quindlen
