We sold a lot of stuff today. Starting early this morning, people came in to tell us we had nice stuff, make a pile, and then start backing up about it not being that nice. That’s why I don’t price anything, it doesn’t really matter. I do, however, judge a man by his negotiating skills. [...] Continue Reading »
I’m going to talk to a man about a little pony
3hombre peligroso, the roof dancer
5(this post breaks a couple rules, one being my new 250 word rule and secondly my rule against writing and photographing work that is not for the sake of this blog. That being said, I just had to do it this time. Names, faces, and location are merely coincidental with anyone you know and the [...] Continue Reading »
zeal without knowledge
3“It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.” Proverbs 19:2 This was how the morning started, reading my daily Proverb (31 days, 31 chapters), and looking out at a cold morning as I built up the woodstove. I made coffee and watched my fire flicker [...] Continue Reading »
some heroes of the road
5Our upcoming adventure needs a model and some kind of basis. What we don’t want is to be living in a Walmart parking lot, our existence going down the gas tank, having become a family of bums who embarrassingly tote a flashy airstream up to McDonalds bathrooms. Sorry, a modern Kerouac is not the [...] Continue Reading »
the new truck saga part 2, a little about going on foot, and a bit of unfolding news
0Let me recap from the other night. On New Years Eve I went looking for a truck down the airport motor mile on the Alcoa Highway. After recent months of investigating, I knew exactly the truck I needed. When I walked onto about the third lot I saw it exactly. It was love. I turned [...] Continue Reading »
can you help our blog?
3On January 15th this blog will be three years old. In the beginning I pasted entries onto my Myspace page and Facebook notes, just to let you know we were here. Ashley realized I was serious and joined me in February. For two years we hosted on wordpress.com and saw our numbers slowly rise. For [...] Continue Reading »
Shop Class as Soulcraft, a book review of sorts and thoughts on creativity
2(by Levon who is listening to the rain) I’m reading a book I can’t put down, except to drop in my lap every couple pages and have a mini soapbox session to myself. The book is “Shop Class as Soulcraft” by Matthew B. Crawford. It’s an “inquiry into the value of work” written by a [...] Continue Reading »
the big frugality
0Yes, if you read yesterday, Ashley is reading The New Frugality by Chris Farrell. It’s causing new questions to arise, like “Levon, how are we ever going to retire?” Or at least, “Why aren’t we saving?” Uh um, the expert (me) started to say something. But then not. I smiled, and not because it was [...] Continue Reading »
Tazewell, VA: a baby shower, sneaking down a mine, uncle Dobb surprises Grandmother with Pappaw’s WWII Medals
3Little baby Addair had his second baby shower this past weekend with Ashley’s side of the family. I think he has everything he needs, actually more than I ever imagined was necessary for babies. I changed my first diaper, on a doll, and lost in a race against Ashley. Keith won the bottle drinking contest [...] Continue Reading »
