In the past week alone three couples have mentioned to me they’re seriously considering installing a fireplace or an outdoor wood furnace as a hedge against raising oil costs. On the face of it, that’s not too surprising, given where I live. A lot of people in the country want or need an alternate source [...]
{ 7 comments }
Having never heard of something so imposing and impressive, a few readers asked me about our outdoor wood furnace and because I can’t think of anything better to write about today, here goes: The outdoor wood furnace is a giant thing-y that heats the house by some such. No, seriously, it resembles a deluxe outhouse with [...]
{ 11 comments }
Wha–? What is that? No. It can’t be. It’s…. …the OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE! Nooooooooooo! Take it away! I can’t look at it! The fierce italicized letters taunt me. One of these mornings very soon I’m going to wake up and see my breath. Which means June and I are going to have to [...]
{ 15 comments }
This is my mailbox. As you can see, it’s bashed on one side, a wedding present from who we think was a bat-wielding redneck driving by our house the night of our wedding five years ago. An act of malice, or just another Saturday night in the country? We’ll never know. What I do [...]
{ 19 comments }
What is that?, you may be asking. It’s a bag of wild mushrooms, foraged by my friends Chad and Rachel, Brendan and Susan. Chad is the expert in the group. The bag contains maitake, chanterelles and black trumpets. I don’t have many recipes for wild mushrooms. But it will be fun figuring out how to [...]
{ 10 comments }
The soldiers attempt to build new office space as Solha decides it’s a better time for rough housing. Does this look like a puppy who nearly died from a snake bite? Nope, not in the slightest. ”Take that, snake!” Jake tries to calm down the ferocious attack dog. Ferocious like a butterfly.
{ 11 comments }
I’ve been granted a “browsing permit” for foraging. So that sound you hear? That’s me, pilfering through your backyard. (You weren’t going to eat that dandelion, were you?)
{ 1 comment }
Here’s something I didn’t know about Afghans: They’re crazy good volleyball players. Jake’s been playing volleyball almost every night after work at the base where he is stationed — comprised of soldiers from all over the world: Britian, America, Bulgaria, Afghanistan — and he said the Afghans clean up every time. Above, my [...]
{ 6 comments }
My name is Jessie Knadler. I'm an author and live in beautiful Virginia with my husband and toddler daughter.
