Handsome Homestead

06/08/2022

Spring is finally here in the higher hills!

05/16/2022

Not your average Earth tones.

05/08/2022

No. 24 : Womanhood - It’s a wild and crazy beast.

04/30/2022

White on white.

04/29/2022

No. 23 : Meningioma Defined

04/26/2022

Good Cop, Bad Cop : A personal journal.

06/15/2020

Endless sunset ridges

05/17/2020

We hope you are finding the bright spots. Like you, we’ve been dealing with some unexpected twists and turns, but are healthy and hanging in there. Mud season update coming!

02/25/2020

No. 17 : Proving up. || The story of land patent 0023726 and Kate Reynolds, the most important founding member of this Handsome Homestead. https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-17-proving-up

01/30/2020

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/intro-to-adventure-logistics

There are several ways to get to the cabin on these trails from several access points. From Spearfish Canyon Lodge, take the 4 all the way through the canyon.

01/10/2020

No. 15 : The new, new. #2020

01/10/2020

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-15-the-new-new

Sometimes finding life balance is accepting you are going to be out of balance for a period of time.

12/27/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/it-started-with-his-heart

They run you in circles, slinging pills for something they suspect you have with no real proof, and send you on your not-so-merry way.

12/15/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-13-hold-the-turkey

Let’s start things off with good ol’ sunshine. The sun produces a massive amount of solar energy.

12/15/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/off-grid-with-hot-showers-and-a-fridge

Turns out it was just fine, due to my favorite kind of witchcraft, solar power. It works friends!

12/07/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/technical-talk-with-nate

He’s got the facts. If you read technical manuals, spec sheets, measure for fun, or draw out building plans, like with a pencil, not a computer, he’s your guy. I won’t withhold this from you.

12/04/2019

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-10-its-for-me-probably-not-you

You get the idea. It needs a lot of love, but we hope to make it the start of the Handsome Homestead.

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-9-is-it-real

: feeling or showing satisfaction with one's possessions, status, or situation // a contented smile

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-7-perfectly-content

We sat across the dining room table, he looked me in the eye, and said no.

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-7-its-a-mixed-bag

In creating headspace , I had to first release the questions and fill in the blanks. Find the basic foundation to what I hold near and dear, so I laid them out and gave them some time to breath.

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-6-inherently-curious

Despite being terrified, I did learn a lot. The only difference between old people and you is just that, they are older than you.

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/no-5-id-like-to-meet-that-baby

That’s right, I’ve got two whole humans. Unlike plants that you put outside in the summer and take in when it gets cold, once they are adults they will no longer belong to me.

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/the-things-we-dont-speak-of

The elusive necessity that is rude to talk about and yet somehow embarrassing to have or not at the same time.

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/i-do-what-i-want

My entire adult life, I’ve needed to resist my most snarky urges when asked, the forever most important and defining question, at every adult gathering imaginable.

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/headspace

I knew I could not continue the way we had been, but what my gut was saying, was not going to be an easy sell.

12/04/2019

https://www.handsomehomestead.com/chronicle/taking-a-hard-left

We started this journey, like so many start, with a change outside of our control.

11/10/2019