We finally got home with the baby and it was such a triumphant moment! Our family was reunited after so long and I got a kidney stone at 3am. Back from the ER passing it now on pain killers... when it rains it pours. Just can't catch a break...

Everything that could go wrong did. But baby pulled through and made it. Finally breathing on her own!

Y'all... I better not have to deliver a baby in this ice storm... wife is having some light contractions.

Several people expressed concerns when we moved into yurts before winter. Now that a winter storm is coming, they are asking if they can come stay if it becomes an emergency. 😆 We have solar, generators, propane heat, a wood burner, and plenty of food. We will basically be completely unaffected.

"Mommy, can you make me a wool ninja mask [balaclava] like Daddy but spidey colors?

I think baby #6 will be here this week! Can't wait.

I'm struggling to not feel like career progress toward fiat goals was a colossal waste of a decade for me. I didn't even realize I was a fish out of water. The life I wanted deep down was not in the tax bracket I thought it would be in. I stepped away from production construction recently and took a job as a ranch hand in my local community to have more time for family and writing. Stepping so far out of the mainstream lifestyle has given me perspective. This is the most vibrant day-to-day life I've ever experienced. I'd encourage anyone thinking about an alternative lifestyle to go for it. There is a whole glorious world out there beyond the mirage of internet culture.

GN Nostr!

Merry Christmas , Nostr! 🌲☃️

One of the most influential books I have ever read was Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.

"We look like the DEI Weasleys." 😆 -my wife

We finally bit the bullet and bought some wool mattresses. They are incredible. Now my house is wool, my cloths are wool, and my bed is wool. Maybe I should get into wool sales...

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Slow Saturday Afternoon

I think a _majority_ of oppressive patterns can be chaulked up to unnatural incentive structures, not macro-conspiratorial overlords.

Birthday gifts this year: Old-school brass handle knife Wool coat Logger boots A good robe [very important for yurt life]

Got the rims done for a little landing and deck we are putting on the front of the yurt after church today.

My primary legacy won't be as a writer, homesteader, or bitcoiner. This is my legacy. They raise me up. They are my very heart. Spending my life to love and protect them is such a privilege. I feel like the richest man in the world...

Confidence without competence is just pride. Don't teach your kids to be confident, make them skilled. 1) We have a barebones curriculum and spend most of the rest of their education teaching them sustainable food, housing, budgeting and faith. 2) They are ravenous readers because we will buy them books about any subject they are interested in. 3) We also have a heavy emphasis on history, identifying scams, and negotiating.

My wife is a gifted homemaker. I don't mean this figuratively. She is world-class. We could literally live in a shoe box, and she could make it feel like a Hobbit hole. One of the many reasons I proposed 4 months after meeting her. 13 years later...