Leaving the Rat Race

Fantasizing about leaving the city rat race and moving home. But doing it my way.

A huge granite erratic standing on my property on Random Island, Newfoundland
Featured Account • Drafted in the Fog

Clearing the Land, and My Mind

In my mind, I was standing on the hill this morning, watching the fog roll in off Smith Sound. In my mind, I could still hear Uncle Lionel’s old make-and-break…

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Homestead Systems & Blueprints

Water & Waste

Auxiliary systems supporting clean living: plumbing, water, and sanitation.

Waterless Toilets
An outhouse, standing at the edge of a clearing.
Cold Seats & A Bucket of Water

I was thinking back to the old outhouses we used to have around Apsey Brook and Snook’s Harbour when we were boys. There was always a certain smell to them—a…

Power Grid

Energy harvesting systems, backup grids, and thermal reserve setups.

An old utility pole, on my property in rural Newfoundland
Powering it Up

The poles run right through the property, but paying standard service hookups and monthly base fees for a cabin we’ll only occupy two to four weeks a year makes no…

Grounds & Stages

The settlement clearing and coastal wooden structures.

Soil & Clearings
A huge granite erratic standing on my property on Random Island, Newfoundland
Clearing the Land, and My Mind

In my mind, I was standing on the hill this morning, watching the fog roll in off Smith Sound. In my mind, I could still hear Uncle Lionel’s old make-and-break…

Project Accounts

Poetic, chronological accounts of building on the rock.

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