Little boxes on the hill side, little boxes made of ticky-tacky. Little boxes, little boxes, little boxes all the same. There’s a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one, And they’re all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same. (Malvina Reynolds, 1900-1978) This song,…
Back to the drawing board… or is it the dot-grid notebook???
Now that NaNoWriMo is done and dusted, I can bring my thoughts back to my backyard farm somewhere in Europe. It’s actually much less of a hassle than people think it is, but the one thing that I have since learned is that “doing it myself” is not only a myth but a sin, straight…
It is done, but not completed…
NaNoWriMo 2022 is done and dusted. I submitted my final word count an hour ago, something I did not think I would do this year. I guess nothing is over until the fat lady sings, huh? The story isn’t completed yet, though, and my colleague who serves as my beta reader has pointed out some…
Life is weird… and then I blog about it!
I don’t frequently visit my stats page, because I find it rather depressing being the only one to ever visit my blog site, but when I do – like tonight – I find some interesting peculiarities. One is that the bot that is in charge of the stats puts this computer in Pretoria, a city…
A bit of a writing exercise while I wait…
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that he would feel free to call back everyone who is currently in exile once the missile threat to his country has been all but eliminated. That is also my cue. Whether I like it or not, I shall have to go on a scouting mission to Ukraine…
Yesterday, I was all for giving up… but then I tried once more.
Sometimes, a goal simply seems to be too big to handle. When you’re a do-it-yourselfer like me, it’s challenging to delegate work. The mantra “if it’s to be, it’s up to me” has been pounded into my mind from a very early age. Yes, that’s a good thing, but it has its detriments as well….
And so it begins… Strengthening my resolve
No, dear readers, I have not forgotten my original dream of buying a small house on a large property and turning it into a backyard homestead. On the contrary, that dream is stronger than ever before, combined with the desire to support neighbors and local businesses as much as possible. And – well, duh! –…
Everything but the book…
Ever notice that when one has a writing deadline, there are so many distractions around? Innocent things, like dishes that urgently need to be done (I hate doing dishes!) and the garden that needs watering and the Internet and Netflix, and even the interiors of houses for sale on Ukrainian OLX? I have just now…
Why am I planning to build up a Unimog U1300L Expedition Vehicle, as opposed to a pickup or van camper?
It’s a valid question, especially once you consider all the ramifications of this build. After everything is said and done, it would have been so much EASIER to simply modify a pickup truck or a van, and I would not have needed to get a new driver’s license, either! But there are a few reasons,…
What would it cost to build a Unimog Expedition Vehicle?
As I told my best friend in the whole wide world earlier today, I’m the kind of girl who does things first and worries about the sums working out afterward. But in the case of this goal, it is important to know exactly what I am letting myself in for, price-wise. After all, it would…