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

Viking Turf House…

My grandmother on my father’s side was born in a sod house up in the Dakotas….but I don’t think that it was as nice as this one. I have a feeling it was probably pretty utilitarian. I don’t imagine that … Continue reading

Nice Yurt!

“Alternative lifestyle”is such a funny phrase. You live…you take care of business….you take care of your family….you live. What could be alternative about any of that? Here’s a portrait of a young family who moved from England to New Zealand….bought … Continue reading

starter

When you take the old starter off….the one that works most of the time still….and you lay it down next to the new used starter that should work all of the time…mark it…or put it somewhere other than next to … Continue reading

how early is tomorrow?

Jenny was up early…and when she came back to bed, I woke up….and….then…I was up early. I get up pretty early, anyway, so a couple of hours earlier than usual is just another hour or two of “quiet time”. I … Continue reading

She woke up Early….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSu3pCY6KUc I was watching “cheap airline ticket” videos this morning….hoping I’d uncover some secret on YouTube….and, when she woke up early, Jenny said, “you should watch this….”. OK. What a freakish voice….and pretty cool, too. It still doesn’t get me … Continue reading

traveling cheap

I’d jump through the fire to get a cheap flight around Christmas….going out to Colorado. I’d even watch this video. Cheap is relative, though. You can put yourself through Hell to save 50.00 and I’m not that crazy about saving … Continue reading