Welcome to DayCreek Journal. Here you will find a chronological list of all of the journal entries from the most recent to ancient history. The journal is updated frequently, so stop by often to check out the latest news. Use the navigation buttons at the bottom of each journal entry to read through the journal from beginning to end.
2008
| 02.25.08 | A Real Winter |
2007
| 11.05.07 | Road to Recovery |
| 09.18.07 | Rainwater Harvesting |
| 08.27.07 | Fortunate |
| 08.19.07 | The Southeast Minnesota / Southwest Wisconsin Flood of 2008 |
| 07.26.07 | The Dog Days of Summer |
| 05.28.07 | Health Issues |
| 03.01.07 | The Blizzard of 2007 |
| 02.01.07 | The State of the State of the House |
2006
| 12.21.06 | The Time Machine |
| 11.14.06 | 99.9 Percent Are Good |
| 10.09.06 | The Passing of a Cordwood Legend |
| 10.08.06 | Respect Your Elders |
| 09.27.06 | The Story of 1H2 |
| 09.10.06 | Let It Rain... |
| 09.05.06 | Thin Blue Veil |
| 07.20.06 | 98 Years and Counting |
| 07.16.06 | T-Minus 1 and Holding |
| 06.25.06 | Only 2.3 Walls to Go! |
| 05.31.06 | Good-Bye to an Old Friend |
| 04.30.06 | Imagine |
| 04.27.06 | Getting to the Root of the Matter |
| 03.10.06 | Happy 9th Bird-Day Alice! |
| 01.22.06 | The Green, Green Grass of Home |
2005
| 12.21.05 | The Bear Truth |
| 12.04.05 | Will it be a Cold Winter? |
| 10.11.05 | A Stellar Wall |
| 10.02.05 | Earl Grey |
| 09.27.05 | Doo, Doo, Doo Lookin' Out My Front Door |
| 09.03.05 | Increase Your Fuel Mileage |
| 08.03.05 | 227 CoCoCo Nuts |
| 07.13.05 | Birds of a Feather |
| 06.09.05 | Happy Birthday Solar PV System! |
| 05.25.05 | You've Got to be Kitten |
| 05.10.05 | Brown Spring |
| 04.25.05 | Earth Day |
| 04.05.05 | Singin' that Western Chorus |
| 03.21.05 | Old Wives' Tale |
| 03.07.05 | Winter Heating Season Statistics 2004-2005 |
| 03.06.05 | What a Hoot! |
| 02.18.05 | Busy, Busy, Busy |
| 01.25.05 | January Thaw |
| 01.10.05 | Where's the sun when you need it? |
2004
| 12.22.04 | Silent Night |
| 12.04.04 | A Goat Prairie |
| 11.27.04 | A Near Deer Experience |
| 11.06.04 | Gaining Insight @ 70MPG |
| 10.31.04 | Japanese Lilac Tree |
| 10.17.04 | Chim-Chimney |
| 10.11.04 | Singing in the Sunshine |
| 09.27.04 | Shields Up |
| 09.19.04 | Applefest 2004 |
| 09.12.04 | Gremlins |
| 08.28.04 | Here Toad-Day, Gone Tomorrow |
| 08.08.04 | The Sky |
| 07.25.04 | Whew! That was close. |
| 07.11.04 | Nightfall at 10:00 AM |
| 07.02.04 | Squirrel Races |
| 06.15.04 | Harvesting the Sun's Energy |
| 06.12.04 | Waning Moonfest 2004 |
| 06.06.04 | Design and Construction of an Eco-House |
| 05.30.04 | Like a Kid in a Candy Store |
| 05.23.04 | Minnesotan Responsible for Toad Strangler |
| 05.09.04 | The Angels are Bowling |
| 05.02.04 | Do Solar Panels Sleep at Night? |
| 04.25.04 | On Track with the Rack |
| 04.18.04 | Only 3,792 Watts to Go |
| 04.10.04 | Holey Hill |
| 04.04.04 | The End of a Legacy |
| 03.28.04 | Here Come's the Sun |
| 03.27.04 | A Lesson in Utility |
| 03.20.04 | A Googling Toilet Story |
| 03.14.04 | What's an AT-SULEV-PZEV? |
| 03.13.04 | In Like a Lion... |
| 02.28.04 | I Hate Those Meeces to Pieces |
| 02.12.04 | Kilowatts Shmilowatts |
| 02.03.04 | Solar Electric System Comparison |
| 02.01.04 | Instant Winter |
| 01.24.04 | The Local Cooperative |
| 01.14.04 | Global Warming Close to Home |
2003
| 12.23.2003 | Home for the Holidays |
| 11.25.2003 | Strange Times in the Twilight Zone |
| 11.08.2003 | Got the Cloudy Weather Blues |
| 10.26.2003 | The Rice Krispies® Effect |
| 10.19.2003 | Autumn Joy |
| 10.05.2003 | Nice Day for an Open House |
| 09.26.2003 | Falling for Autumnal Equinox |
| 09.14.2003 | A Staple Diet |
| 09.05.2003 | No More Making Hay |
| 08.30.2003 | Putting it to Bed |
| 08.23.2003 | The Great Bottle Debate |
| 08.16.2003 | A Tankless Job |
| 08.08.2003 | 17 Feet and What Do You Get? |
| 08.03.2003 | New Friends |
| 07.19.2003 | Cordobe! |
| 07.12.2003 | Fungus Among Us |
| 07.05.2003 | A Chilling Subject |
| 06.28.2003 | I Got So Plastered... |
| 06.22.2003 | All and All, It's Just Another Wall |
| 06.06.2003 | Wall-O-Meter on the Move (Again) |
| 05.31.2003 | In A Bunch of Hot Water |
| 05.24.2003 | I Think I Conduit |
| 05.17.2003 | In Plane View |
| 05.04.2003 | My Sediments Exactly |
| 04.25.2003 | The Best of Both Water Worlds |
| 04.13.2003 | What Season is it Anyway? |
| 03.30.2003 | A Pain in the Ash |
| 03.18.2003 | What A Difference A Week Makes |
| 03.09.2003 | Life's A Gas |
| 02.23.2003 | A River Runs Through It |
| 02.14.2003 | Wherefore Art Thou El Niño? |
| 02.07.2003 | Solar Heating Update |
| 01.25.2003 | And Toto Too! |
| 01.11.2003 | Greetings from Tropical Minnesota |
2002
| 12.18.2002 | A Winter Solstice Greeting |
| 12.06.2002 | Trolls Under the Bridge |
| 11.23.2002 | Mason by Day, Geek by Night |
| 11.15.2002 | A Close Shave |
| 11.10.2002 | Record Warm Temperatures Predicted for SE MN |
| 10.31.2002 | The Answer My Friend is Blowin' in The Cellulose |
| 10.27.2002 | A Moving Moment |
| 10.18.2002 | E. E. Foam Home |
| 10.12.2002 | It's Getting Cold |
| 10.04.2002 | A Heating Debate |
| 09.22.2002 | Déjà Vu |
| 09.13.2002 | Prep Work |
| 09.01.2002 | Sealing the Ceiling |
| 08.15.2002 | Patience is a Virtue |
| 08.10.2002 | The Big Dipper was Already Taken |
| 08.03.2002 | Tales from a Flatlander |
| 07.28.2002 | And then there were Three |
| 07.20.2002 | T-Minus 4 |
| 07.14.2002 | The One That Got Away |
| 07.04.2002 | Eileen Gets a Window |
| 06.22.2002 | M.R.E.A. - Muddy Road Eats Automobiles |
| 06.20.2002 | Moving Right Along |
| 06.09.2002 | How Long? |
| 06.01.2002 | Wall Number 22 Completed |
| 05.27.2002 | Moonfest 2002 |
| 05.23.2002 | Everyone Knows it's Windy |
| 05.12.2002 | Wall-O-Meter on the Move |
| 05.01.2002 | Waiting Out the Weather |
| 04.19.2002 | 90° Heat, then Snow? |
| 04.10.2002 | Bursting into Spring |
| 04.01.2002 | April Fools |
| 03.22.2002 | How to build a Bluebird house |
| 03.19.2002 | The Doors! |
| 03.10.2002 | Happiness is a Warm Cavity |
| 01.13.2002 | Time to Put this Project to Bed |
2001
| 11.19.2001 | The Leonids - A Night to Remember |
| 11.11.2001 | The Second Great Wall of Cordwood |
| 11.02.2001 | Barn Board Bonanza |
| 10.21.2001 | Doing the Splits |
| 10.14.2001 | Pining for Pine |
| 09.30.2001 | Paper Wasps, Asian Beetles and Box Elder Bugs - Oh My! |
| 09.24.2001 | It's Getting A Little Nippy Up Here |
| 09.14.2001 | Trying to Get Back to Normal |
| 09.02.2001 | In Search of the Lost Cord |
| 08.26.2001 | Installing Window Frames |
| 08.19.2001 | The Shape of Things to Come |
| 08.12.2001 | Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold |
| 08.05.2001 | I Sawed Wood or I Sawed Wood |
| Supplemental | All About Stuff |
| 07.29.2001 | Behind Every Cloud There's A Silver Lining |
| 07.22.2001 | The Fans Follow Me No Matter Where I Go |
| 07.14.2001 | I Lost My Bearings |
| 07.07.2001 | I Gave the Hoe the Old Heave Ho! |
| 07.01.2001 | 70's String Art Revisited |
| 06.24.2001 | A Fair to Remember |
| 06.15.2001 | One Thing Leads to Another |
| 06.01.2001 | Snap, Crackle, Pop |
| 05.22.2001 | The Chop Saw gets the Ax |
| 05.08.2001 | The Writing is in the Wall |
| 05.05.2001 | How much wood can a chop saw cut if a chop saw could chop wood? |
| 05.03.2001 | To Use Paper or Not? |
| 04.28.2001 | Spare the Rod and Spoil the House |
| 04.11.2001 | Has Anyone Seen Our Road? |
| 03.26.2001 | Return to Day Creek |
| 01.27.2001 | Bob Schneider's Cordwood Chopsaw |
| 01.14.2001 | Insulation for Double Wall Cordwood |
2000
| 12.14.2000 | Interview with James Juczak |
| 12.04.2000 | Double Wall Options |
| 11.04.2000 | Look! There Goes A BTU into the Floor |
| 10.28.2000 | And the Leaks Shall Inherit the Earth |
| 10.21.2000 | Down in the Trenches |
| 10.15.2000 | Ladybugs Crash Solar Panel Raising Party |
| 10.01.2000 | What is he Building Now? |
| 09.24.2000 | Poles in the Holes |
| 09.01.2000 | Like a Bridge over Doubled Circulators |
| 08.20.2000 | Preparing for the Solar Collector Raising Party |
| 08.05.2000 | I Was Floored |
| 07.28.2000 | Go Pound Sand |
| 07.15.2000 | Working Under the Floor is a Real Drain |
| 06.25.2000 | Pondering the Potential Possibility of Papercrete Mortar |
| 06.11.2000 | Insulating the Sand Bed |
| 05.29.2000 | I Dig Memorial Day |
| 05.20.2000 | A Visit from Cliff Shockey |
| 05.07.2000 | If It Ever Rains |
| 04.27.2000 | Building Window Frames |
| 04.09.2000 | MREA Workshop |
| 04.02.2000 | Window Shopping is a Pane |
| 03.27.2000 | Watt A Design |
| 03.20.2000 | Rainwater Collection System |
| 03.12.2000 | Putting It All Together |
| 03.05.2000 | Heating System - Backup |
| 02.27.2000 | Heating System - Solar |
| 02.12.2000 | Taking the next step |
| 01.26.2000 | Facelift for DayCreek.com |
| 01.03.2000 | Board with Y2k |
1999
| 12.12.1999 | Just in time for Christmas |
| 12.05.1999 | It's getting closer |
| 11.20.1999 | Biosphere 2 and the Leonids |
| 11.12.1999 | Up on the roof |
| 10.28.1999 | Good to be back |
| 10.03.1999 | Good-bye for a while |
| 09.25.1999 | It really does roll down hill |
| 09.19.1999 | I've got to vent |
| 09.12.1999 | Oh deer! |
| 09.05.1999 | Truss me |
| 08.28.1999 | House in the mist |
| 08.21.1999 | Sliver me timbers |
| 08.14.1999 | Where to put 32 trusses |
| 08.07.1999 | Build it and they will come |
| 07.31.1999 | Surely you joist, things are getting batty up here |
| 07.25.1999 | I've seen fire and rain |
| 07.18.1999 | All hands on deck |
| 07.11.1999 | We're not in Kansas anymore |
| 06.27.1999 | The fun and girders show |
| 06.19.1999 | Things are beaming along |
| 06.12.1999 | I've never seen flies with antlers |
| 05.23.1999 | Footings - Part III |
| 05.09.1999 | Footings - Part II |
| 05.02.1999 | Footings - Part I |
| 02.14.1999 | What to do during the winter |
1998
| 10.25.1998 | Good times, bad times / rubble trench part II |
| 10.18.1998 | Good times, bad times / rubble trench part I |
| 08.12.1998 | Cabin fever |
| 07.19.1998 | Excavation begins |
| 04.01.1998 | First quarter update |
| 02.08.1998 | The 2nd great wall of cordwood |
1997
| 11.29.1997 | The great wall of cordwood |
| 11.19.1997 | Well, so much for being neatly stacked |
| 10.20.1997 | The road is in... |
| 10.01.1997 | We're back from Ontario |
| 09.07.1997 | The pole barn is up! |