Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The fantasy was simple: a log cabin on the edge of a lake. Pine and fir trees down to the water’s edge. A ...

As a follow-up to a Cabin Country story published in 2015 ("Building on a 40-Year Hobby"), our cabin continued to bulge at the seams. Our 13 grandkids got bigger and the family tradition of everyone ...

LOON LAKE, Wash.-- When Moose Hempel went to visit his homey little log cabin near Loon Lake on April 7, something was missing. The log cabin. His humble retreat -- a bit bigger than 10-feet by ...

He is now 61, and he's spent the last 10 years focused on the life of that single loon family near the cabin. From spring arrival through autumn departure, his weekly photos document the loons' growth ...