DOWN AND DIRTY SURVIVAL
We Had a Privy at Core Hollow When people ask me about off-grid living at Core Hollow, the question will usually come down to: “Without plumbing, where did you go to the bathroom?” This question is usually asked as an embarrassed afterthought, but ‘going to the bathroom’ was simple. We had a privy at Core […]
The Strange Story of Dody Dog
It sounds strange that I would be writing a story about a farm dog on a blog called Goodlookinoldwomen. Yet, dogs are a major part of many women’s lives, aren’t they? Off-grid at Core Hollow, a dog provided serious assistance. But, Dody’s strange appearance did not start out at a special kennel with a request […]
How Could Anyone Today Live Without utilities?
When confronted with the notion of ‘no utilities’ most people panic and picture the chaos of a war-torn country. How Could anyone today live without utilities? That’s impossible…isn’t it? For most of human history, people lived without the utilities we know today. By the time we decided to go ‘back to the land’ in the […]