Friday May 1, 2015 Spring in western Massachusetts is absolutely spectacular as life bursts seemly out of every corner. I love my morning runs along the North river, watching the…
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Thursday November 13 This is a story of community, just one small example of why we love living in community and the power of many hands making light work. When…
Monday November 10th There are two requirement for houses to be built in Katywil: they must be small and they must be near net zero energy. “Small” is a relative term…
Sunday November 9th 2014 This weekend I made 125 pizzas. We live in Colrain, Massachusetts, tucked beneath the Vermont state line and above the Deerfield River. Colrain has long been…
Saturday September 27 In the month leading up to our departure from Santa Rosa, we agonized over weather or not we should take the goats with us. Would the 3040…
Friday September 26 When we were first looking around at camper trailers in late June, everyone told us “The season ends on Labor Day weekend”. We heard this over and…
Sunday August 3, 2014 This week we are housesitting for Justin and Katy, Katywil neighbors and brewers extraordinaire (Stoneman Brewery). They are raising 3 pigs for meat. Right now they…
Friday July 25, 2014 We have been surprised that the goats are very restless at night. During the day they are calm and happy as can be, enjoying browsing on…
Sunday, July 20th: One of the highlights of living in Katywil that Judy has been looking forward to is the outdoor earthen oven. The oven was built as part of…
July 9 : End of week 1 It is a little over a week since we arrived here. It seems like a lot has happened in just one week. Our…