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Life hacks I am experimenting with, have found useful, or which have failed miserably. Proceed with caution. Not responsible for misadventures.

Make It Do or Do Without
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Make It Do or Do Without

Use it up Wear it out Make it do Or do without. Old New England Proverb I have a bushel basket in my living area that holds my chopped kindling. I like it but recently the bottom began to give way. There was a debate about retiring the basket and

  • Melanie McDonough
Melanie McDonough Jan 24, 2016 • 2 min read
Puzzle Table Hack
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Puzzle Table Hack

One thing I do to relax is: build jigsaw puzzles. Every year, right around Thanksgiving time, I set up a card table and toss a puzzle onto it. Building the puzzle becomes my quiet thinking time. It's one way I find my inner peace. However, I have come to learn

  • Melanie McDonough
Melanie McDonough Jan 18, 2016 • 2 min read
Fire Starter Hack
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Fire Starter Hack

We've been living in our new place, nicknamed "The Hedges", for almost a year and one of my very favorite things about this place is our woodstove. Someone actually asked me what I used to talk about before I had a woodstove. Blank stare. I honestly can't remember.

  • Melanie McDonough
Melanie McDonough Mar 23, 2015 • 5 min read
My First Holz Hausen
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My First Holz Hausen

It's the first autumn since moving back to New Hampshire that I actually have a yard. I love it. I loved it in the spring. I loved it all summer long. And now I am loving it to the fullest degree this autumn. Over the long Columbus Day weekend I

  • Melanie McDonough
Melanie McDonough Oct 14, 2014 • 7 min read
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