Category: The Doublewide

  • September 11, 2013

    If you came to me on that day of days, all those years ago when I was living in Minnesota, watching on the conference room’s television as the second plane hit the tower, and said “before you’re fifty you’ll be in Southern Oregon, with 24 neglected acres, two cats, a dog and a bunch of egg-laying…

  • Day 1,374 – Tank!

    This was really cool to watch. Guy was on site for all of 10 minutes and the tank is almost perfectly level.

  • Day 1,373 – Snake!

    When we first moved out to the boonies I was pleased to read the part about “there being no venomous snakes in Oregon.” But was bummed to find the next sentence, “except for the western rattlesnake.” Last night my neighbor came by and gleefully reported he’d killed a large rattlesnake, skinned it, and was going…

  • Water Tank Ordered

    Just got off the phone with Riverside Ready Mix in Grants Pass. Ordered a 2,000 gallon precast tank for delivery on Wednesday. This will be a huge load off my mind… having 2,000 gallons of drinking water “in the bank” rather than sucking on the soda straw that is my well directly.