The year 2020 has brought about many changes. One of the most exciting is the number of people embarking on new journeys toward a simpler life.
These journeys take many forms. While some people are restricted to growing a windowsill garden in an apartment, a huge number are moving to suburban or rural areas and starting over. In fact, there has been an enormous exodus of people leaving the cities, anxious to find their own version of a quieter and more self-sustaining lifestyle. Continue reading
What do you do when you’re a low-tech person in a high-tech world? You harvest the best of both.
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Editor’s Note: Does your wood-burning stove need a little care? Today one of Lehman’s own, Amanda from the stove team, is sharing with us tips to help keep your wood stove in good working order. 
Important household skills, and the amount of people concerned with learning them, have majorly declined over the past century. Skills such as cooking and baking from scratch, repairing things, growing food, sewing or knitting clothes, and creating goods like candles and soap don’t seem to be on the priority lists of many anymore.
If you had lots of unexpected free time on your hands, what would you do? What would you learn?
