Making Home


A Perfect Storm ~ Our Weekend Move

A Perfect Storm ~ Our Weekend Move

I'm not heavy on complaining. Sometimes I rant and sometimes I whine but out and out complain about how miserable I am is not something I regularly do (I'm not usually all that miserable to be honest). And even when life isn't going my way, someone, somewhere always has it ...

Brienne's Miso Soup

Brienne's Miso Soup

We love miso soup. Miso period but miso soup especially. Miso soup is so easy to make even a child can prepare it. Making miso itself is on my kitchen bucket list, inspired by Wild Fermentation. Managing a year long ferment is definitely for another life season. Most days for ...

The Chalet ~ Maybe Dreams Do Come True?

The Chalet ~ Maybe Dreams Do Come True?

We want our housing to reflect our values and enable us to accomplish some of our bigger dreams.

Darkening Days

Darkening Days

I sit at the table, early. Planning, thinking, praying, reading - in the quiet of dark. Dad lights the fire in the woodstove. Car headlights swing round the bend along the river road. The indigo sky starts to lighten and I make my way to the desk to write. Life ...

We Have a Housing Dream

We Have a Housing Dream

The only way you make progress at all is to dream up some cool stuff to get you moving.

Through The Looking Glass

Through The Looking Glass

My parents have a floor-to-ceiling glass wall in the front of their house. You can see what that looks like from the outside in this post. From the inside it looks like this. And this. And on a rainy October morning it looks like this. After those chilly mornings earlier ...

ChicoBag Giveaway

ChicoBag Giveaway

This summer when we went to Outdoor Retailer I was pleasantly surprised to come across a few companies with "green" home related products. I'm not a big gear junkie and most of Outdoor Retailer is all about gear. Gear for water sports. Gear for hunting. Gear for hiking. Gear for ...