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Archive for September, 2008

Somewhat of a staycation

September 24th, 2008 | 3 Comments

In what ended up being a rather chilly semi-staycation, we spent Thursday through Sunday on our homestead. We’d intended to camp outside at night, but with temps in the 40s, it didn’t really work out that way. We ended up coming back to our in-town house to sleep on Thursday night and Saturday night, and [...]

If a tree falls in your backyard

September 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments

It was pretty hot and humid this weekend, but we did spend a few hours at the homestead on Saturday, and we were fascinated by something in particular that happened there. We heard a tree fall in the forest…and since there were two of us there to hear it, it made quite a racket! I [...]

Catching up, homestead style

September 8th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Well, Hurricane Hanna threatened to ruin our weekend, but we still managed to spend some time at the homestead on both days. On Saturday, it was pouring rain, so we spent all of our time holed up in the shed. I watched videos and played games on the laptop (still no net access up there), [...]

In a world that has lost its voice

September 2nd, 2008 | No Comments

I was going to write an entry today about our quick visits to the homestead this weekend, where it was too hot and humid to do much of anything. I’ll save that one for later in the week. Don LaFontaine, the man with the world’s most recognizable voice, has passed away. Goodnight, Don.