by Millie Copper | Sep 28, 2016 | Road Trip
In April of this year we needed to make a trip down to where my parents are living to visit and take care of a few business issues. Originally we planned on being down there about a week and a half. A hotel room for that amount of time would be pretty steep. We...
by Sierra Smith | Feb 21, 2018 | A Calm Sanctuary
I once heard Kevin Michael Geary of RebootedBody.com compare modern society, from a hormonal standpoint, to being chased by a bear, constantly, every day. You’re dealing with traffic, with loaded schedules, a dreaded commute, bills to pay, family to care for and...
by Millie Copper | Jun 20, 2013 | Simple Lives Thursday
I am very excited to be a Host for Simple Lives Thursday! Each week I enjoy reading through all of the wonderful tips, ideas and recipes for simple living. If you are new here, Welcome! And enjoy the Simple Lives Thursday blog hop. This hop is dedicated to simple...
by Millie Copper | Dec 27, 2017 | Off Grid
October, November and December have been all about food and water. Food With our kitchen *almost* finished, at least finished up to the point we now have cabinets to store things and our walk-in pantry in place, though not yet completed, has shelving and space to...
by Millie Copper | Sep 1, 2017 | Off Grid
We’ve been living in and working on our off grid cabin for 18 months. Sometimes I’m amazed at the things we’ve completed. Other times I’m overwhelmed with what still needs to be done. 🙂 Kitchen August was spent working on the kitchen....
by Millie Copper | Oct 3, 2017 | 20 Acre Homestead, Around the Homestead, Life in Wyoming, Off Grid
September started off hot and dry. Since sometime in August we’d had smoke from the surrounding fires. We’re very fortunate to not have any nearby fires. Much of the smoke we were getting was from the terrible fires in Montana, Idaho and eastern Wyoming....