When it broke I added it to my "list" on the refrigerator. Those two words; "pepper grinder" are still on that list three weeks later. And now I have crossed them off. But I didn’t buy a new one, and I don’t plan to. I have used that pepper grinder nearly every day for four…
{from our garden: lettuce, potatoes, beets, onions, cilantro} NOTE: Gardening and preserving is keeping me pretty busy these days. A few articles that bear repeating will fill in the gaps on the days when the to-do list is too long. This post was originally published in April 2009. Throw out the word homesteading in a…
I used to love being busy. Errands to run. People to meet. Things to do. Busy was like a drug. I had taken it for so many years that I felt I couldn’t live without it. High school was one sporting event after one choir concert after one 20 hour/week job. And college… well… having…
Everywhere I go women are talking about balance. We have our spiritual life and husbands and small children and housework and gardens and crafting and reading and writing and blogging and cooking and… we could go on all day. Everyone tells me that I need to balance all of these things, but is that really…
