Author: Shannon

I am wife to Stewart, mama of six, homeschooler, messy cook, and avid fermenter. This is where I tell our story... of building a sustainable off-grid homestead... of raising this growing family of ours... of the beauty and the hard and the joy in all of it.
End of Year Postcards

End of Year Postcards

I have found myself very much sinking into home these past few months. More intentionally making schedules and school and chore charts; deep cleaning areas in our home that have never, since we built it, seen such treatment; and tucking into books and babies and deep nourishment as much as we can. We have been…

My Homeschool Education

I spent the morning moving between the kitchen table, little Ruthie by my side with an open first-grade book, and the sofa, under  a blanket and a stack of school papers. Peppered throughout these hours are a continual stream of “Where’s Hannah?” (unless she’s in my lap) and “Hey Joshie, could you try to be…