Time to Leave?
I was standing in line at the post office today, doing my usual Wednesday shipment of packages... a pretty normal thing when you're in the business of selling online and people…
Denmarkguy
@denmarkguy
Danish national living in the US Pacific Northwest; Writer, Artist, HSP, Husband, Entrepreneur, Cat Lover
Port Townsend, WA
Feeling Homesteady...
It was harvest time today, after a fashion. We fancy ourselves as small-scale urban homesteaders... in the sense that we grow a lot of our own food, at least in part because…
Anatomy of a Lazy Sunday — Was it "Sublime?"
Rather than my usual type of content today is going to mostly be dedicated to simply taking a slow Sunday afternoon and getting away from screens. I was hoping to get something…
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Midsummer Update From the Laughing Dragon Garden!
It has been quite a while since the last update, and the plants in the Laughing Dragon Garden has progressed from tiny sprouts to lots of fully grown plants and we are enjoying…
Yardwork is my Favorite Screen Break
Perhaps because I am "of an age" where I didn't grow up with the Internet — and am not attached to a cell phone like it was a part of my head — I find that I need to take screen…
The Cost of Hedge Trimming
Today, I found myself coming face to face with just how out of touch with reality I must be. Or — perhaps — how out of touch with reality the world is. We…
Life is a Lot Like Gardening!
We've had a period of pretty warm weather around here, coming on top of a fair amount of rain. As a result, it feels like everything is just growing out of control, and no sooner…
Things Are Rarely as Simple as Expected!
Weekends are often for yard work and house projects... even though the entire notion of "weekends" is somewhat of a misnomer for the self-employed. And so…
The Giant Trees of Washington State
Trees are really cool! Mrs. Denmarkguy and I have long been tree lovers and love our forested landscapes around here. Yes, I suppose you could call us "tree huggers," but not in…
Gardening is Good for the Soul!
Whatever I am in one of my "blah" periods — as I have been for the last few weeks — it is invariably because I'm spending too much time in my head. Or, some people might say, I'm…