May
10
2010
The last thing a spring and early summer hiker needs is a more resilient biting insect. Seems like DEET is becoming just so much hot sauce for backcountry mosquitoes, and here’s why:
Aug
19
2009
Not entirely accurate, but if you’ve got a bit of a sense of humour, you’ll appreciate the fun at the weekend warriors’ expense.
Aug
14
2009
Suzanne Dimma | Canadian House & Home
Great blog post about Suzanne Dimma’s cottage build. I’m very very jealous. She describes the truly epic process that it took to get her dream cottage ready for her wedding to Arriz Hassam. It helps that they and their build team (Level Design Build) are all very talented and this definitely has the look of a labour of love.
The cottage is water-access-only, and off the grid, so their methods had to be innovative and creative to get the level of  refinement and quality they wanted. A series of pulleys and ropes were used to haul all the materials. There was no power, no machinery once they got to the dock by barge, so from there, every single piece of lumber and other building supplies used manpower alone to get in place.
I love that this demonstrates an unplugged approach to build a very modern, elegant cottage. Nothing rustic about it, yet some ‘rustic’ cabins use much more modern building techniques.
Read the entire article on Suzanne Dimma’s blog at Houseandhome.com
Aug
13
2009
P8030118, originally uploaded by A Word in the Woods.
I’m going to try and streamline some things a bit to get my photos organized. I’ll put them all on Flickr, and link directly there. I’m actually playing around with creating blog posts in flickr, and having it sent automagically to awordinthewoods.com
Hope it works!
Jan
29
2009
I’m looking forward to my new vehicle, but it’s with a bit of a twinge of regret that I’m putting my VW golf up for sale. I’ve put it up on Kijiji, my first ever post on something like that, so we’ll see how things go. I’ve also now put it up on Craigslist, and I’m surprised they let me use HTML and CSS to style it a little. If I had more time, I’d play with that a bit. 
Ah, but now, I’m looking forward to my new ride. I’ll have to get some more pictures of it, but still have to get some things sorted out with the government first (Grr). I’m really getting to hate the red-tape registration that they require on everything.
I’ll try to remember to take as many pictures as I work on the new acquisition… until then, here’s something:
hee hee.
I’m going to have to do some work on it in quick order, to get things ready for my first camping trip of the year – a winter valentine’s camp in mid-February, coming up soon.
Sorry, haven’t maintained in a while, there was just too much spam going on, so I had to take things off the hook for a while. I’ll get back on track, and follow up with some more frequent posting over the next while.
Aug
19
2008
Although I’m not a fan of banning everything for our own good, this makes me smile. I’d have preferred if they just levied an environmental impact fee on buyers, but hey.
Read the article on the London’s plans to phase out bottled water.
Jul
11
2008
I’m off to Algonquin for the first backcountry trip of the year (actually, I’ve done some winter hikes, so it’s the first canoe trip of the season). I’ve taken the canoe out for a quick spin already, but I find the first trip always to be the toughest… I spend all winter forgetting what it’s like. Invariably, I’ll have forgotten something, and I know I’ve taken too much with me again. This winter seems particularly bad, as I just spent it cocooning.
I’m going with someone new, and it’s his first time in the backcountry, so I’ve basically brought enough for three people… I’m sure I’ll pay for it in my aching back, hauling all of that stuff out.
Jun
24
2008
Here’s a bit of an update to follow up on my previous post about Marathon’s “End of Lease” sale.
Everybody that knows me would have been proud. I stopped into the store and managed not to buy too much – just a few sets of batteries, and a rubber foot for my walking stick. I’ll probably be back for a knife when it gets closer to the end of their lease — I’m reasonably confident that they’re not going to be selling to impulse buyers, as it’s still a $100 purchase.
Jun
23
2008
It looks as though Marathon on King street is closing down. They have an “End of lease” sign up, and are offering savings to sell off their inventory. In the past few weeks, it’s gone from (up to) 40% off to 70% off as of today. I plan to stop by today or tomorrow, so I can take a look at what’s available.
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