For years I have read that it is all too easy to romanticize the simple life. You know, the life where you haul water, live without electricity, and have to drive at least fifteen minutes to town. Kind of like our life right now. The thing about homesteading, from what I can tell, is that [...]

Two things we’ve learned since we moved off-grid are that everything happens at a slower pace and sometimes the smallest completion of a task can mean more than you realize. Take, for instance, the day we moved our bed from the camper to the cabin. My husband built a bed frame into the cabin and [...]

The other day I drove home from town and when I saw our property, strewn with pallets and lumber, I smiled. For the first time since we moved here I had the feeling that I was home. Once the basic necessities were taken care of we thought it was a matter of maintenance and larger [...]

The first half of our week was a bit more of a challenge than the second half, but we are learning daily what it means to throw off all previous expectations and learn from the process. Day Five: We get up early and I crank up the propane stove for what will be our first [...]

Last week, on a hot October day by our northern standards, we arrived on our land in the south. Yesterday marked our first week here and it has seen some ups, some downs, and a lot of grace. We are residing on two acres of bare land filled with mesquite trees, cacti, and the occasional [...]