I'd been resisting putting anything on my newly painted walls. But the edge of the office ended up turning a little wire-filled, between a router and a charging station for all and sundry.

Mark had the bright idea of hanging up two small family heirlooms to draw the eye away from the electronics, and I think he was right. One ancient painting of girl plus dog/goat plus one hundred-year-old Alaskan totem pole now make a transition between our aquaponics station and the room at large. Everything else, though, will remain bare (for now!).

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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