Author of two books, "Rurally Screwed: My Life Off the Grid with a Cowboy" (Penguin, 2012) and "Tart and Sweet: 101 Canning and Preserving Recipes for the Modern Kitchen" (Rodale, March 2011); blogger at RurallyScrewed.com; freelance magazine/newspaper journalist: Newsweek, Women's Health, Glamour, Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, etc., etc.