Sarah VoglNov 23Carve, Paint, Print: A Lesson in Persistence & Letting Go of ControlWhen we moved up to Ely in the fall three years ago, we lived in a log cabin way up by the Canadian border. It was a temporary rental and...
Sarah VoglJan 14Vogl Homestead UpdateWhat a year 2023 was. We got so much accomplished on our home, added to our acreage, and had a lot of fun. There were also many...
Sarah VoglOct 12, 2022A New Life in ElyWe finally did it! After many years of talking and planning, we moved from South St. Paul to Ely, MN. It's been about 13 months since we...
Sarah VoglJan 3, 2021Hello 2021, We've Been Waiting*This post includes updates and reflections about our personal lives, about the land/little forest and about our business lives over at...
Sarah VoglOct 23, 2020Mother Nature / Father Time - Halloween 2020This year there are no Halloween parties. Trick-or-Treating is going to look different for us too - we're hitting up a trunk-or-treat...
Sarah VoglJul 13, 2020A Topsy Turvy World + 2020 Plan ChangesBack when we bought the land, we wrote down some things we wanted to remember on this journey. One of them was to "Keep an open mind." To...
Sarah VoglOct 21, 2019So we bought some land. Now what?Without further ado, here is our general top-level plan for the land, in order of priority:
Sarah VoglOct 2, 2019Time to Go Up NorthAfter half a lifetime of dreaming, years of planning and many months of on-the-ground searching, we are now the grateful owners of 10...