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Best Bites of 2025…
Some favorite eats and dining thoughts as I look back on the year.
Dec 10
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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November 2025
Saying yes, saying no
To the tune of ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’
Nov 29
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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Formula One and Sustainability
A piece from the archives, detailing some of the moves F1 has made to be more sustainable and addressing green guilt within F1 fans, from an experience…
Nov 16
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
The Privilege of Rural Escape
As a child growing up in a rural space, one of my main goals was to “get out”.
Nov 4
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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October 2025
A Return to the Stack
Memoir and farm news, I’m back!
Oct 22
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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December 2023
Changes on the Farm
Some animals have been rehomed. It's a tough change, and a process I will walk you through in this post.
Dec 2, 2023
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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September 2023
The cost of homesteading
In which I get honest about what permaculture pets actually cost.
Sep 25, 2023
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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Fear and Why We Homestead
Exploring the link between fear and the desire to be self sufficient - and explaining a shift away from the lifestyle for this writer.
Sep 14, 2023
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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March 2023
Is Homesteading a Political Act?
Getting a little controversial with this take on how political homesteading really is, or should be.
Mar 13, 2023
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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February 2023
A History of the Term "Homesteader"
I’m beginning this channel out of a series of questions I have had about the homesteading movement. And I believe the best place to start may be by…
Feb 27, 2023
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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What to Expect from Hostile Valley Thoughts
Not just homesteading how-tos anymore.
Feb 20, 2023
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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October 2022
Coming soon
This is Hostile Valley Thoughts, a newsletter about Essays on homesteading and occasional fiction.
Oct 12, 2022
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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
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