Reflections Most of our inner circle has been remarkably supportive as we trade our Rocky Mountain yuppie life for a life-stage August season on an Eastern Kentucky farm. I’d like to think we’ve even inspired a few friends, in ever how small a way, to reconsider their own trajectories. However, the fact remains: some people […]
Tag: Rural Living
The Small Town Challenge of Shopping Local
The Great Relocation: Expectations vs. Reality Before we swapped our five-acre Colorado exurb for a 50-acre Kentucky homestead, we made a pact: Go local or go home. We were eager to pour our resources back into our new community, envisioning ourselves as the cheerful patrons of the town’s small businesses. But as it turns out, […]
Less House, More Life
Reflections This fall, we made a bold trade: we swapped a large house on five acres for a small cottage on fifty. We love having the extra room to roam, but shrinking from 4,400 square feet down to 1,500 is a major adjustment. We went from a heated six-car garage setup to an open-air parking […]
Quiet Skies
Reflection I was outside the other day and realized something pretty profound: It has been 2 months since I last heard an airplane fly over my house. Our old homestead in Colorado didn’t have many airplanes overhead, but we did have a few United puddle hoppers from Denver to Colorado Springs plus a handful of […]