I wrote this post on one of those lovely days where I go to the library, work on everything I can in 6 hours, and come home with a little more of the rest of the week to just be mama, wife, homesteader and homeschooler. And then I deleted it all and started over. Perspective…
When I first got to college I had one of two majors in mind – chemistry or chemical engineering. (Why I picked those majors, in particular, is a whole other why-I’m-not-so-smart story.) I arrived on campus in the fall of 2001 with big, successful, break away, American dreams. After the tearful good-byes and the settling…
Note: Through Monday 9/23 you can find 36 books on such topics as fermentation, making fire, cooking and storing food without a refrigerator, keeping goats and chickens, food storage, gardening, and more in what I’m calling a Traditional Practices Bundle. This is my fourth pregnancy and every single one has been different. Morning sickness has…
Here I am, back before you know it, gushing about this dirt. Thank you all for your comments and emails on my last post. Many mornings start with the letting out of the chickens and the checking of the gardens by Papa and whatever little helpers happen to make their way out in time. Sometime…
