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January Postcards

Ruthie really seems to like the Creamy Dairy-Free Sweet Potato Soup. The strike is over! The hens returned to laying a few weeks ago after a few months of molting and whatever other reason they had for giving a couple of eggs a day. We are currently in our garden break for the year. This…

End of Year Postcards

Stewart planted loads of garlic this year. It went in late, to be sure, but because we could find no onions to plant, we planted plenty. This little ma’am is nearing the five month mark.  Are my children the only ones who put everything into a bowl with milk and call it cereal? We now…

Lessons From the Woodshop

In response to my confession that I nearly cried the first time he started to crawl, this young man inquired as to my reasoning with a slight chuckle. He was eating, as he often is, and in between bites I noticed how he now more resembles a teenager than the boy of twelve years that…

The End of November

Sweet smiles. Gluten-free chewy buckwheat rolls. Morning snuggles. Off-grid laundry for a larger family and my laundry sidekick. *** The gardens only contain a few greens, the chickens are laying at an all-time low, the milk is still coming in from Mabel and the goats every day. Hannah is now four months old and the…