An Introduction
My name is Noelle and I don’t exactly know where to say I’m from. I was born in Texas, spent most of my childhood there, and then my parents moved to Connecticut when I was eleven. After finishing high...
View ArticleThe Great Purge, Part I
Know what feels amazing? Throwing things away. Things like movies that you’ll never watch again, old clothes that are falling apart, boxes of bills and receipts and expired coupons and magazines. Know...
View ArticleReflection & The Tao
When I left my house in Suffolk, back in 2009, I didn’t pack up all of my belongings. I took a backpack with some clothes, and a duffel bag full of my favorite books, back to Connecticut with me. The...
View ArticleAnd so it begins.
The cabin shed arrived today! Kyle and his brother, Kory, are putting it on cinder blocks as I blog. (I’m not necessarily being lazy and unhelpful; my son is napping and I don’t want to leave him...
View ArticleSkeletal Interior
As promised, here are some photos of our new cabin’s insides: Pretty bare-bones right now, but we have big plans. First on the to-do list: electrical wiring, plumbing, and insulation. I’m taking summer...
View ArticleMuddy Water Settles Slowly, or The Art Waiting
Hello. My name is Noelle, and I’m an impatient person. They say that admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery, yes? Well, I’m trying to work on enjoying the journey instead of rushing...
View ArticleWinged Visitors
Every morning there are hordes of moths on the cabin porch. Since we moved to Mississippi two years ago I have been forced to face my fear of insects. Ticks, fleas, cockroaches, spiders, mosquitoes,...
View ArticleNot Islands, but Humans
In Buddhist teachings Pratītya-samutpāda (also known as the Doctrine of Dependent Origination) is basically the idea that all things, to some extent, depend on other things. This is a theory of the...
View ArticleThings Happen When They Do
I haven’t posted an update on the cabin in a while for the simple fact that there hasn’t been any updates to post. We hit a financial bump (a.k.a. my student loans were revoked) and that pretty much...
View ArticleThundercats are go!
News! Finally! Progress! Today our friend, Mike, came and set the entire cabin up for power. Sockets, breaker panel, everything. (He even set up the wiring for us to have a porch light! This is so...
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