Solar Car Skills

Mr. TellBlast and I managed our college’s solar car back in the day. (The team’s adviser told me over the weekend that no one has raised as much money as I did.) Mr. TellBlast visits the solar car garage almost every time he’s on campus, and I think we’re both better people because of it. When we hung out at the…

A week of making home

I was able to stay home all week recently, which meant: two new recipes They both went over very well. We tried Slow Cooker Balsamic Glazed Roast Beef one night. It’s sweet rather than savory, and a glaze rather than a thick gravy —  a good change for us. We had Breadsticks from The Homemade Pantry another night. (I…

The awesome is coming. Somewhere. Sometime.

The work never stops. I suppose that is part of having a house. It’s been difficult for us to get a trustworthy contractor to commit to working here. I don’t know if our projects are too small to bother with, but it’s very discouraging to have someone visit, converse nicely, then never receive a written estimate, and never return calls…

Bees on a hot tar roof

Thankfully, July has been cool enough to make a cut out on a tar roof endurable. About two months ago, I visited this building because the store owner had honey bees in his retail space. I spoke with him, with his contractor, and then with the property owner. The property owner didn’t want any removal, but opted…

Learned from today’s youth

Perf. “Perf” is short for “perfect.” It’s a word I learned last week with our youth group while performing tornado clean-up  in Washington, IL. I left inspired by our young people’s work ethic. When the work was terribly monotonous or got physically challenging, for the most part, they were great workers. Have a look at the tornado’s path (which left things far from…