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Change of address

highmountainmuse wrote 1 month ago: Announcing a change of address for this blog! The Rio Grande Pyramid and The Window in Autumn High M … more →

Tags: Colorado, country living, Forrest's poetry, Gin's poetry, Guest Writers, Homesteading Skills & Stories, Horse Stories, Inner Reflections, Mountain Musing

Home Made Energy - Home-Made Renewable Solar And Wind Energy

beyondclix wrote 1 month ago: Next from Clickbank… And WHAT A PRODUCT! The name says it all! I love this one because I hate … more →

Tags: Production, producticity, plogging, how to make solar power, how to make solar panels, how to make wind turbine, homemade solar panel, homemade wind power, how to make wind power

Living The Green Energy Home Dream

Roy wrote 2 months ago: I don’t say this lightly. Life becomes more and more expensive. Over time, everything costs mo … more →

Tags: 1, how to make solar power how to make solar panels how to, how to make solar panels, how to make wind turbine, homemade solar panel, homemade wind power, how to make wind power, homemade wind turbine, homemade solar power

With too many lights one can not see the stars2 comments

highmountainmuse wrote 2 months ago: Old and new. Forrest doing school work by the glow of the computer... and oil lamp light. With solar … more →

Tags: Homesteading Skills & Stories, Simple living, Sustainable living, country living, giving up, Homesteading, Mountain Musing, Off-grid, Simple life

Going without5 comments

highmountainmuse wrote 3 months ago: Pole Mountain in clouds Here in the monochrome light of the early morning, the sky just begins to li … more →

Tags: country living, Family Life, Homesteading, Inner Reflections, Mountain Musing, Off-grid, Simple life, Simple living, Solar Power

A night at the Little Cabin2 comments

highmountainmuse wrote 3 months ago: A photo from earlier this summer: The Little Cabin on the bluff above the Big River The door faces t … more →

Tags: Simple living, country living, Family History, little cabin by the big river, Log cabin, Mountain Musing, Off-grid, Rio Grande, wood cook stove

Vocabulary and Wildflowers7 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 4 months ago: It has been a healing weekend -  very uneventful.  I got some good news on my own health struggles a … more →

Tags: Parenting, Homesteading/Country Living, Homesteading, health, Nature, Natural, woods, Kentucky, wildlife

Electrical System1 comment

ryochiji wrote 4 months ago: Preparations for my vacant-land-living adventure are coming along nicely. While there are open quest … more →

Tags: land, Alternative Energy, electricity, Solar energy, sustainability

The Adventure Begins10 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 4 months ago: Monday was our first day of homeschool pre-school, and we took a field trip.  Not being tied to a de … more →

Tags: Life, Parenting, Homesteading/Country Living, appalachia, Homesteading, Diet, Traditional foods, Food, Whole Foods

Signs and Magic7 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 4 months ago: I do believe that I’m chilling out.  I’m becoming more patient.  It is a virtue that I h … more →

Tags: Life, Parenting, gardening, writing, Homesteading/Country Living, Homesteading, Self Discovery, Nature, Natural

Neighbors I have had1 comment

highmountainmuse wrote 4 months ago: Pole mountain on a summer afternoon Years ago, when Forrest was a baby, I lived near a small town on … more →

Tags: Simple living, country living, Hand Gun, Mountain Life, Mountain Musing, Neighbors, Personal Stories

Other Mountain Mamas3 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 4 months ago: Nope, I’m not the only one.  I’m not alone.  In fact, I have found four other mountain m … more →

Tags: appalachia, Life, Parenting, Homesteading/Country Living, Culture, Homesteading, Food, mountains, Nature

Pickles8 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 4 months ago: The weekend held more canning for me.  Not in the way you might imagine, however.  There was no vine … more →

Tags: Traditional foods, gardening, Homesteading/Country Living, Culture, Homesteading, Diet, health, Food, Whole Foods

Industrialization of Culture - Part Two (Coal)3 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 5 months ago: So many children are being raised without any real identity to guide them.  Sure, we all must search … more →

Tags: appalachia, Life, Parenting, Homesteading/Country Living, Culture, Homesteading, Food, Self Discovery, mountains

Kitchen and Bathroom Flushed4 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 5 months ago: Project Flush is on the second leg.  I’ve finished clearing and cleaning both the kitchen and … more →

Tags: Life, Homesteading/Country Living, Parenting, Homesteading, Self Discovery, Motherhood, Economy, mothering, Frugality

Copperhead8 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday, I considered that it was a good possibility that I am trying too hard again – expec … more →

Tags: appalachia, Homesteading/Country Living, Life, Traditional foods, cooking, Culture, Food, forests, Hiking

Way of Life5 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 5 months ago: I have been down emotionally the last few days.  Nothing has went poorly to trigger it.  It has just … more →

Tags: Life, Parenting, Homesteading/Country Living, Culture, Homesteading, health, Self Discovery, Natural, Motherhood

Playsilks, Gifts, and Flushing5 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 5 months ago: I am diligently working on Project Flush.  The current room being flushed is the kitchen.  I’v … more →

Tags: Life, Parenting, Homesteading/Country Living, Culture, Homesteading, Self Discovery, Nature, Natural, Motherhood

An Outside Sort of Day2 comments

eastkentuckygal wrote 5 months ago: After yesterday’s worrying about the inside of the cabin and fun trip to Hazard, I decided to … more →

Tags: appalachia, Life, Parenting, gardening, Homesteading/Country Living, Homesteading, mountains, Hills, Nature


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