At Home at Our Little House
We visited our hometown, Kansas City, over Memorial Day weekend. It has now been five years since we moved to Our Little House, and it has been interesting for us to see how...
Small House Living
Ceiling Racks a Great Space Saver in a Small Home
Today, Jakob Barry guest posts about how ceiling racks can help save space in a small kitchen: When the house I grew up in was going to be sold, I was one of the...
The Dogs of Campbell Town Part Deux
Our dogs at Our Little House are an important part of our lives. No decision is made that doesn’t also affect or take them into account. Since our pack has changed somewhat since...
Appreciating Each Day
There’s nothing to remind us of how fragile our lives are like losing someone we know, particularly when that person is only 39-years-old. Our friend’s daughter passed away at the end of last week....
Container Crop Loss, or Tomatoes and Rats Revisited
Mother’s Day did not start out well for me. When I got up, Dale said, “Something got one of the tomato plants last night.” I went out to the party deck and...
The Stages of Eliminating Stuff
Stuff. We buy it, we find room for it in our homes, we clean it, pack it, move it, store it and sell it. For most of us, stuff becomes an obsession...
Gulf Coast Beautiful and Tasty
If you’ve read Living Large for any length of time, you know we’ve done a lot to adjust our lifestyle to help the environment and with food, our own health. We eat at home...
The Woodsy Writer’s Life
I read a lot of true crime and watch some of those true crime shows such as “Disappeared” on the network ID. The other night, I watched a show about a woman who...
