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Welcome
to Sootypaws! 
The
site is expanding to include more items. What’s
New provides links to new items in Sootypaws. Let us know what
you think.
If
you don’t know Molly & George you might
want to find out more about them.
The
site has four main sections: Off the Grid, Woods, Journals and Blacksmithing.
Off
the Grid
Living Off the Grid is a description
of what we do in order to live without electricity and running water.
The Seasons — We’ve
collected some of our photographs to show the changing seasons on
our farm.
Cats is a quick look at some of
our cat buddies over the years.
Buildings — Photographs
of the Shack, Shop and House we built.
The Mystery Jar — We
take a look at the Mystery Jar, is the label or the contents more
important?
The Christmas Truck—
Molly wrote this story in 2000.
Molly’s Vacation
2002 — Molly traveled to New England by car, stopping along
the way to look at old buildings and wrought hardware.
Woods
Sock’s Frog Pond has
some photos taken in February 2001.
The Great Morel Hunt
tells about Molly’s and George’s hunt for the Great Morel
Forest, a semi-mythical place briefly seen in Spring 2000. We attempt
to find it again.
The Gas Well
documents a natural gas well that is being drilled on our property
by a company that owns the mineral rights.
News — This is our blog
with the most current entries. The archive of all our blog entries
is at sootypaws.livejournal.com.
Journals
Molly’s Journals
These are pages from Molly’s Journals kept during the 10+ years
of our project. What it feels like to live off the grid.
Friends
and Neighbors
We visit some of the people who have meant so much to us over the
years.
Blacksmithing
Making a Latch
is a description, with photos, of the steps we go through to make
a Suffolk latch.
Making
a Hinge is a description, like Making a Latch, that shows the
steps we go through to make a Butterfly Hinge.
Making a Grip shows the
process for making a Cabinet Grip.
Activism
No War is a selection of
short pieces written by us along with a page of links.
War Stories is a short look
at the narrative of war.
Palestine is a brief examination
of some of the human rights issues in the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Caxton
Project
The home page for the Project starts
you out with information about William Caxton and some links to
early printing and pages with texts from some of his books.
St. Winifred offers George’s
transcription of Caxton's edition printed about 1483 along with
some pictures of illustrations of an artist’s book.
Women in the Middle Ages offers
some links and some extracts which provide a view of women’s
lives then.
Archives
Around
the Homestead has photos taken around our house and buildings.
Some cat pictures, too, of course.
Molly’s Vacation
— Molly visits friends in Florida in March 2001.
Send
an email to us to let us know how you like things (gmonk@citynet.net).
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