Modern Homesteading

It's been awhile. I hope everyone is doing well, considering this bizarre situation most of us find ourselves in. Right now we're listening to the wind roaring outside the window, water on the woodstove to cook rice noodles and locally caught fish, headlamp around my neck, just in case. How are you doing this evening?

Fire crackling in the woodstove, a bit of jazz in the background, and nothing outside to hear but the two creeks. Wishing you a peaceful night...

If you've been living rural for a few years, what would you say was your most valuable lesson that would help others?

Look what fun we got up to today! Never a dull moment. After the dead mouse in the log wall we couldn't get out without taking the house apart... funtown! Oh well, at least it's clean now. Maybe we should have it done more than once in 20 years. Anyone relate?

For those living rural, have you noticed an influx of new folks the last couple of months?