Jun 104 minLast piece of the puzzleWell, it’s really winter now. We crank up the wood stove almost every day, so we’ve burned the woodpile outside down to nearly nothing...
May 144 minFinally raising our last wallThe school year begins in February in New Zealand, so Easter marks the end of the first of four terms and the beginning of a two-week...
Apr 245 minOur first fallI had forgotten what fall is like. When you move hemispheres, you get two of one season and miss out entirely on another in that first...
Apr 63 minScavengingAs we bumped across the open field of the campground near our house, en route to our favourite creek, my son leaned out the window and...
Mar 235 minDays of the weekIn building, the first phase should literally be called “getting off the ground.” It’s slow and muddy, from my limited experience. But...