Basecamp Dispatch: On Boiled Peanuts
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
Take It Outside by Alice Jones Webb
Practical skills and untamed stories for people who refuse to live tame lives.
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The Softest Hands in Edgecombe County
How I render bear fat and what I do with it
Basecamp Dispatch: My Quarter-Acre Piece of Dirt
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
I've Given Scoreboards to the Things I Love
On ambition, productivity, and why four hours watching a soybean field sounds like heaven
Basecamp Dispatch: On What Counts
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
What's Good for You
A chapter from my book-in-progress
Basecamp Dispatch: Singing in the Rain
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
Standing Up Straight
One year after losing my "dream job"
Basecamp Dispatch: Tell Me Something Normal
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
I Miss Deer
A July confession from someone who keeps binoculars in the truck
Basecamp Dispatch: Birds, Books, and Blue Crabs
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
We Were Never Meant to Be Spectators
What a jar of pickles and a package of burger taught me about living a life
Basecamp Dispatch: Heat Dome and Fairy Wings
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
Basecamp Dispatch: Summer in the South
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
You Can’t Brand a Real Life
We've replaced reputation with branding
Basecamp Dispatch: The Confidence of a Three-Inch Bass
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
Bedtime Stories
Reading Daddy's hunting magazines
Basecamp Dispatch: Home Again
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
Surprised by Lions
What a toddler and a morning trail taught me about wonder
Basecamp Dispatch: Looking for Lions
My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service
Jesus Was Poor
A childhood memory of my father running down a school bus bully with his truck