Just before Hannah was born, I fell into some baking, specifically rye flour baking. It’s no secret that we like rye flour baked goods what since I spent a couple of years, off and on, developing the recipes in 100% Rye with everything from soaked and sourdough breads to some of my favorite honey-sweetened brownies…
These are blurry days, these first couple of months with a new little one. We’re just getting back into some school and some homesteading stuff three weeks in as a family of eight. And somehow I ended up with only these pictures – and none of baby Hannah – on my camera card. So Stewart…
We welcomed Hannah Joy into the family earlier this week and what a whirlwind it has been. I am still processing that we are holding this little one in our arms already and have no words than this, a psalm I have clung to over the past couple of years: 103 Bless the Lord, O my soul:…
It was suppertime and I had my usual conversation with 4.5 year old Ruthie. “What’s for dinner?” I asked, mostly rhetorically but still looking for a little inspiration. “Can I make dinner?” she asked, not so much interested in making decisions as making a watermelon pie. “Hmm… how about you help Mama make dinner?” I…
