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I'm Not A Farmer...

... but I can drive short distances using my leg to hold the steering wheel!  I make a mean chili without a recipe. And I can type 70 words a minute ( if I look just at the keyboard).  I'm pretty good with accents - well, decent  enough to entertain.  My friends and I have, at times, gotten a little too competitive playing Settlers of Catan and I'll admit it here, I have asked to trade wool for ore just to find out who I can steal it from! I like to consider myself a multi-tasker but I think, what I really am is somebody who likes to start projects, especially if you can eat them when you're done. 

Maybe it's just that I have a tendency to get bored or  like having lots to do.   Maybe I like the challenge of a grand idea.   Or maybe its just the challenge of (read: self-torture/frustration) of building things with about 30 square feet worth of balcony space and a toolbox full of IKEA parts, some picture wire and a hammer.  (Enter daydream: One day, when I grow up I'll have a real workshop...)

I think, for me, it's about creativity and sharing what I learn even if just for kicks.  You don't have to read it but I'm gonna write it anyway! So feel free to join me as I try my hand at building a bucket farm garden, making cheese, brewing wine and if I screw that up, making vinegar! (No, really! I've even got the oak barrels picked out!)  That any another cockamamie idea I can imagine (spending money on).  And I'll try all this in our little apartment here in Austin, Texas.

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