Between the rains last week, we slipped out for our familiar two-mile walk. It’s a simple road: one mile gently uphill, one mile back down again. Not steep enough to be a workout, just enough that the return feels like a gift. Though truthfully, it’s a pleasure both ways. Walking up our road The...
Much of our homestead progress is punctuated by half victories. Toilet installed, leak in the shower Kitchen sink working, still no tile or stovetop Filling in ditches in the yard, perimetrical fence will take another month and Alqo naps in the street. Both of us feeling exhausted, Patricia...
I’m sitting in two shipping containers converted into a small 30 square meter house. They’re installing drywall in what will be the bathroom. I’d like to be outside, but it’s raining off and on. I’ll use this time to share photos from the last eighteen months in Allariz. This was one of the first...