Couple Builds DIY Remote Off The Grid Alaskan Yurt Village

These guys did a nice job with this “yurt village”. No heavy equipment….limited power tools. Even with a yurt village….it’s always “location, location, location”. How do you find a site like this? Good for them! Here’s where you can find … Continue reading

Just a Couple of Hours….

This lake is a couple of hours away from some property in Idaho that my father grew up on. It’s in the St. Joe National Forest. “Just a couple of hours” is kind of deceptive, though. It would take us … Continue reading

Norwegians are the happiest!! I’m a Norwegian!! YEAH!!! YEAH!!

Oh!! Heck, yeah!! Talking about the Norwegians!! Go, Norway. Here’s the short YouTube description: Norwegians are on average the happiest people in the world. What‘s their secret? It has to do with a high living standard, a life close to … Continue reading

‘There Is No Other Way’: How A Siberian Village Survives On The Forest

I told the guys at work about this video when we were all complaining about delivering mail in the rain….and they (and I) got the point. Here’s a bunch of folks up in Siberia who gather berries in the forest … Continue reading

someone watching….

This is a nice “cabin life” video….quiet….slow like it is when you’re spending time with yourself in a mountain cabin. Also..like the video says….it might be a good idea to have some food around when you watch this. He eats … Continue reading

I live in Alaska now! (Girl Takes A Job As A Deckhand And Moves To Alaska)

How we end up where we end up is such a mystery sometimes. Maybe you marry and move. Maybe you marry and stay. Maybe you never marry…but never go? Maybe you never marry…because you always go? Maybe it’s something less … Continue reading

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I had a dream last night. I think that I dream every night…but this is one that I remembered when I woke up. In my dream, I was back at school. I knew that I had classes to go to…somewhere….sometime….and … Continue reading

Jenny!! Come here!! FILM ME!!

We don’t do anything that gets filmed. That doesn’t mean that we don’t do anything that’s worthy of being filmed. We could film most of the things that we do. WE are very interesting people. But….we don’t film stuff. What … Continue reading

You had me at “FREE”.

If I was travelling with my family, in a crowded van that we could spend the night in, I would say to them, when we woke up, “SEE!! LOOK HOW MUCH MONEY WE SAVED!! NOW LET’S GO GET AN EXPENSIVE … Continue reading

You Can Ride a Van in Iceland

Norwegian Death Metal….as muzak in the Icelandic grocery store! How’s that for a little bit different? Strangers in a strange land. I’m PO’d (a little) this morning that someone mowed our field over at the property on Barber Rd….here in … Continue reading