Mountain Musings: Origin Stories
“It was magical to me and I had the freedom to roam. If they wanted me they would send Gypsy, the collie, to come get me. It. Was. Heaven.
I was ruined… this was the life I wanted.”
Read moreAuthor: Dot
Old and in the way. Back to the land since 1969.
Mountain Musings: Living on the Edge
“Edges are a place of transformation and opportunity. Because of ours we see more varied wildlife than we would otherwise.”
Read moreMountain Musings on Chickens
“The hen was making wonderful mother hen sounds and the chick was responding, but it really took almost the whole day for her to really get her maternal skills down. She is now a protective mother with a tiny sidekick and we will have a new Rhode Island Red hen who will start laying next fall.”
Read moreThis Mountain life… Musing on our daily bread (with recipe!)
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Read moreMountain Musings on Self-Sufficiency: A Rural Life Column
A back-to-the-land homesteader begins a monthly (or more) column about living life in the Humboldt Hills.
Read moreMountain Musings on a Hard Winter, the Death of a Deer, and the Dropping of Hay to Save Cattle: A Guest Column by Dottie Simmons
“My heart is heavy for I know that this one deer is likely only one of many hunkered down, frozen and starved, under trees on the mountain. This happened back in 1989 as well. This is my most difficult day of this entire winter.”
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