Hostile Valley Thoughts

Best Bites of 2025…

Some favorite eats and dining thoughts as I look back on the year.

Dec 10 • Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

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November 2025

Saying yes, saying no

To the tune of ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’

Nov 29 • 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 • 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 • Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

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October 2025

A Return to the Stack

Memoir and farm news, I’m back!

Oct 22 • Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

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December 2023

September 2023

The cost of homesteading

In which I get honest about what permaculture pets actually cost.

Sep 25, 2023 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

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What to Expect from Hostile Valley Thoughts

Not just homesteading how-tos anymore.

Feb 20, 2023 • Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

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October 2022