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We Bought Us A Boat
The high seas beckon once again. Cape Horn, the Southern Ocean, Good Hope, the Somali Coast and the Red Sea…all these once distant dreams are now a real possibility. We are whole again. Our souls...
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Introducing Our New Boat: Dowitcher
Perhaps the excitement of a new boat went to my head just a bit as I began making plans for a journey to the far reaches of the earth in our lovely little Dowitcher. I apologize if anyone got their...
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Renaming a Boat With Neptune’s Blessing
It’s quite possible that there are more nautical superstitions than there are nautical facts. With so many unknowns out on the high seas, and with so many variables that a sailor has no control over,...
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Big Leaf Maple: A Homestead Cornerstone
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we are blessed with an amazing tree that has proven to be one of the cornerstones of our homesteading way of life. The Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) towers over the...
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Another Chapter in the Case of the Missing Bees
A faint trail led through the wetland grass, winding from the darker woods and out into the open edge of the meadow. I knew the bear frequented these lower woods, and the trail was big enough that it...
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A Nameless But Aromatic Addition
Close your eyes and let your imagination run wild with me for just a few moments. Picture if you will, what would happen if Fabio and Gandalf The Grey were to get it on while listening the amorous...
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And The Winner Is…’Chewbacca’
Enter Frank Sinatra’s ridiculous croon, sung softly by a urine soaked goat with a beard that hangs down below his balls, martini in his left hoof, cigarette and microphone in his right, swaying to the...
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Planting For The Pigs Of 2035
We are rich with natural resources here at the farm. It’s almost as if food falls from the sky. In the orchards it actually does fall from the sky for a few months in Autumn, sweet fruit that delights...
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The Miracle of Birth….Goat Birth
Warning: Graphic (but amazing) photos of goat kidding follow. Consider yourself warned. We’ve been remiss in our writing here. So remiss in fact, that I found this post written from LAST YEAR!...
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Working on the Water Again
Life is good. Life is very, very good. Not only do we have our world bursting at the seams on the homestead, I’ve started a new adventure back on the salt this summer. I’ve gotten my ASA sailing...
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2014’s Rear View Mirror
This past year was one of many firsts for us: first farm, first goats, first pigs, first bacon and cheese making, the list could go on and on. It’s been a year of exploring new dreams, tackling new...
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Crawling With Life
“Katie, go back in the bedroom and shut the door.” These were my ill chosen words, a futile attempt to shield Katie from the serpent filled reality that we had just entered. It’s not that I was...
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Guest Post: Tales from a Visiting Abuelo
Thoughts held a few hours ago, elude me more often than I would care to admit, but there is one memory from fifty years ago that still lives as clear as ever. It is of the azure water of the...
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Salvation Via Isolation – Isla Damas: Part 1
After showing us the bedrooms and giving us the WiFi password, Allison the owner mentioned casually that a crocodile lived in the pond in the backyard, and that we might get a glimpse if we were...
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Guest Post: Tales from a Visiting Abuelo
Thoughts held a few hours ago, elude me more often than I would care to admit, but there is one memory from fifty years ago that still lives as clear as ever. It is of the azure water of the...
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Habitat and Inhabitants – Isla Damas: Part 2
The next morning we awoke and retraced our steps back across the river, the boatmen ferrying us from the tranquility and solitude of Isla Damas and into the fray that is the town of Quepos as we...
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Out of My Comfort Zone
The Osa Peninsula in southwestern Costa Rica is said to be the most biodiverse place on the planet. It has held onto this esteemed title because it has been remote and difficult to access since time...
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A Nameless But Aromatic Addition
Close your eyes and let your imagination run wild with me for just a few moments. Picture if you will, what would happen if Fabio and Gandalf The Grey were to get it on while listening the amorous...
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And The Winner Is…’Chewbacca’
Enter Frank Sinatra’s ridiculous croon, sung softly by a urine soaked goat with a beard that hangs down below his balls, martini in his left hoof, cigarette and microphone in his right, swaying to the...
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