The $1,000 Farmhouse That Almost Got Bulldozed
Remarkably, the wood was still in good shape thanks to the parched climate. But the owner was just days away from tearing it down. He’d held off while the elderly…
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Isaac French
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These Are the Good Old Days
Raising little kids: so much work, so much wonderful. Wonder. That’s the word. Lucas is two, and every day he engages in new ways with us, his little brother, and…
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Last Barn of its Kind
Next door sat a hundred-year-old farmhouse, “updated” in the ‘60s or ‘70s. But after stripping all that obnoxious faux paneling and vinyl siding, we found another gem beneath. My brothers…
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Yes, this Airbnb Had a Blender
The value went far beyond any price tag. It was in the thought, the care. These hosts clearly have little children of their own. They live far from anywhere. They…
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Patience, Craft, and a Cheese Called Orchard Blue
what really matters What a hands-on, heart-first endeavor can do for a young person, a family, a small town, cannot be overstated. I believe business should be more than a…
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Small Towns, Big Dreams
more than a business or a building Today, The Pie Safe is known far and wide. A couple of my siblings own and operate it, along with plenty of friends…
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Right Place, Right Time
right place, right time A few days ago, while waiting in line for my burger, onion rings and huckleberry shake in the charming lake town of McCall, Idaho, I met…
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The Best Hospitality Secret in America
But by the late 90s, the once-respectable farm was weeks from being turned into a suburban cookie-cutter subdivision. Enter Penny and Armin Rembe. New Mexico transplants since the ‘60s, they’d…
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A Slice of Our Life and Farm
We have other semi-frequent visitors to our yard from the farm fields surrounding, which gratefully help to keep our lives from growing dull. On a number of occasions, I have…
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Tribute to My Dad
starting over In 2009, in the thick of the financial crisis, my dad felt called to help plant a church community in a rural town in Idaho. He gave the…
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