A Different Legacy

Today is my 23rd Anniversary with my incredibly loving, patient, wise, fun, gorgeous and determined wife, Jenna.  We had a truly wonderful...

The Hotel on Block 46, in Whitefish, MT (photo credit:  Flathead Beacon ) Well, a few months ago, I hinted that "Something New...

(Image from StoneMill.com -- posted here for inspiration's sake :-) Well, in my last post, I mentioned that Something New is comi...

For her birthday, my Dear Bride wanted us all to do some work on our future home site.  So we all willingly obliged, cutting up some firewo...

Years ago, when we began this dream of building our own home in the woods of NW MT, we soon became aware of a decision that would have ...

"We get what we want, but there's always a price." Our move to the wide-open spaces of Montana, from the populous (and ...

The gear arrives on site, brought by "The Bee Man" More than three years ago, before we moved to Montana, the drea...

 Photo from AmishAmerica.com I was talking with a couple of my brothers in Christ recently, when the subject turned (OK, I turned it ...

A while ago, I heard a song that (barring a few crass references) got me thinking about the last couple decades of my life.  Now, I...

Lots of things happening around here... For starters, Here's our girl in her first newspaper photo, which was taken last Saturday, Oct...

Last week, I was able to snap this picture while walking with the family, and the Lord brought a cool "object lesson" to my mind, ...

Lately, I've been checking out every possible library book about owner-built dwellings.  You know: log cabins, " pole-buildin...

A sister in the Lord ("Enola Gay" of the Paratus Familia blog, whom I've actually never met :-) writes today's post.  I pr...

(View from the top of The Homestead ) Yesterday, my dear bride and I celebrated our 19th year of marriage.  I don't have to tell...

Big thanks go out to Dad & Mom for having us over last night for "hanga-burgers" ( what the Dear Wife used to call them as a c...

In my last post (which, admittedly, might have been a bit confusing), I forgot to go into detail about a single event which really made...