October 2011 Blog Posts (6)

I told Linda, who has worked for years in the office of our insurance agent, that sometimes it seems like we are handing out our credit card like it is Halloween candy to pay for the renovations. She murmured words of sympathy as she informed that she would do what she could, but that the underwriter was canceling our policy because the cabin has been vacant for so long. I…

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Last weekend I was working in the back near the bottom of the slope, trimming back my piles of bamboo to reduce their size and stacking them so they will decompose more quickly. The sun can still be very hot in Richmond at this time of year, but if you turn and face the wind it will cool your…

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  One of the best parts of my job is speaking with fascinating people and learning interesting things as I gather materials for the articles I write, and I love chatting with sources to learn everything I can about whatever topic is at hand. For the December issue of Country's Best Cabins…

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It's Saturday, and I'm reading all the info about Mtn. cabins...  How beautiful they all are!  So very lucky - you are to live in one!  To go out and get the wood to stack for winter... plan your Thanksgiving dinners with family... and imagining where your Christmas Tree is going.  How anxious you all must be!

If the December issue of Log Home Living, out on newsstands today, doesn't get you in the holiday spirit, nothing will! Aside from three gorgeous home tours featuring beautiful Christmas decor, we've included info on log-cabin vacation destinations, Michelle Obama's contributions to a Extreme Makeover: Home Edition log home for disabled women…

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I told Linda, who has worked for years in the office of our insurance agent, that sometimes it seems like we are handing out our credit card like it is Halloween candy to pay for the renovations. She murmured words of sympathy as she informed that she would do what she could, but that the underwriter was canceling our policy because the cabin has been vacant for so long. I…

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