
Category Archives: Artisan Lifestyle


No Rest for the Weary
Now I know why start-up businesses don’t get the chance to write as often as they’d like to, especially as the high Summer season approaches. Working as a baker at the Village Meat Market and trying to bake our own…
A Library and the Full Sap Moon
People that know me, I suppose you’d call them friends and family, know that I play some music every now and then. Some music today is what I’d like to share with you (and also I guess a short story…
Peaks and Valleys
I haven’t written in a while. While this is partly from being incredibly busy, learning to weld, replacing brakes and rotors on my truck with a friend to save money, getting the farm readied for Winter, the other half of…
Unplugged
(Featured photo credit: Marcelo Graciolli) Right now I’m listening to NCPR on the radio. I have no TV and use the Internet mostly when I’m near a public WiFi spot in town, like my library. I used to be online…
Paperwork, Permits and Patience
Fund raising for our recent micro-loan campaign on Kiva Zip was nerve-racking and exciting at the same time. In comparison to the work we now have ahead of us, the fund raising now seems the easy part. In order to…
The Power of Social Finance
Money… No matter how you feel about it, it is a necessary asset in bringing an old farm back to life. But when I received a call from Lauryn at Kiva Zip, I was exposed to the power of social…