Hearthside Dispatch

From the Cabin August 2026

The garden is at its heaviest point right now. Tomatoes coming in faster than we can eat them, the squash starting to take over the far bed, and Cali spends most afternoons flat out in the shade of...

The Cabin I Never Built

August 2026 I started writing a second book this week. The working title has been sitting with me for years before I finally put it down on paper: The Cabin I Never Built. There's a reason for that...

52 Weeks to Self-Reliance: One Year of Deliberate Decisions to Take Back Your Time, Money, and Freedom

Hi, welcome back to the cabin. I finally wrote my first book. If you've followed my journey for the last ten years, you know that I've had many ups and downs throughout my life. One of the "ups" wa...

THE HEARTHSIDE DISPATCH Issue No. 1 — July 2025

THE HEARTHSIDE DISPATCHIssue No. 1 — July 2025 Good morning, and welcome to the first Hearthside dispatch. If you're reading this, you're one of the founding members of something I've been thinkin...