The Inside

Some of you want to see the inside of "the house that Jeff built." (That's what a lot of people call it.) In photos and captions... His staircase is the crowning glory. (I chose the design and some of the materials, and painted the metal parts, but the woodwork is all his.) I loved adding … Continue reading The Inside

The Trusses Arrive

They're here...57 pieces of lumber, designed by engineers in various sizes and shapes to match our house plan, delivered 115 miles to Camp Many Moons on a flatbed truck. Soon, they will become a roof. It looks complicated to me as Jeff studies the design to plan his approach. We wanted a distinctive shape to … Continue reading The Trusses Arrive

Thinking of Thoreau

As our nation divided several years ago, an assumption seemed to grow alongside that divide...that you can be an intellectual personal or a practical person but not both. I think you can be both. Henry David Thoreau was both. He's the latest American writer to absorb me while doing the practical cabin-building work at Camp … Continue reading Thinking of Thoreau