An Oregon Trail Wagon – Another stroke on the canvas of Timber Butte
Not long ago a good friend of mine gave me a call asking if I knew where he could purchase an old wagon wheel. He knows me well and figured if anyone knew where to [...]
Nancy’s Garden Chicken Moat
Growing a thriving garden in the country is always a challenge when all around there are so many adversaries wanting to help themselves to its produce. That has always been true here at Timber Butte. [...]
Prayer Chapel – Part 3 – “A Thin Place”
Discovering “A Thin Place” There is an old Celtic saying, “Heaven and earth are only feet apart, but in those thin places the distance is smaller yet”. The Celts believed that a “thin place” is [...]
Chapel at Timber Butte – Part 2 – A labor of love
A labor of love... Building a foundation on the Chief Cornerstone The day Nancy and I went up the hill to stake out the location of the chapels future foundation we came upon [...]
A Prayer Chapel for Timber Butte Homestead
When passing through the entry gate at Timber Butte Homestead it’s difficult not to notice a granite rock chapel perched on a barren hill overlooking the ranch facilities. Although new, it has the ambiance of [...]
Sustainability – More than an idealistic lifestyle
Attempting to live a fully sustainable life on a planet with a population approaching eight billion people may be an impossibility, but it’s still an ideal worthy of pursuit. Total sustainability infers living a self [...]
