A memory of our home that lifts my heart more than any others.
I grew up, like many latch-key-kids of the 80’s and 90’s, with a working Mom. Monday through Thursday were working days for my Mom and for us as kids, that…
Read MoreIt’s not always glamorous or clean, but at least life on the farm is entertaining, beautiful, and oh-so-delicious. Follow along with recipes, dreams and confessions, and garden growing here.
I grew up, like many latch-key-kids of the 80’s and 90’s, with a working Mom. Monday through Thursday were working days for my Mom and for us as kids, that…
Read MoreSometimes all I can do is tuck into my home. When the world spins this quickly, I get dizzy. Whispers turn to shouts. News feeds turn into grenades. I’m left…
Read MoreI used to have a chicken that defied the odds. I always assumed, as a mature farmer (of course), that I wouldn’t take to any of my farm animals as…
Read MoreI have to kill her. The “her” that’s always telling me to do more… be more… “live up to my potential”… and stupid things like that. She must go. As…
Read MoreRemember my kids? The little ones who birth stories you read here, and here, and here. And here (almost forgot about that last one). Well, they are now giants that are…
Read MoreChristmas Liturgy, By Stuart Homeschooling our kids has made me think a lot about some big questions. I’ve typically never been one to go with the flow for the sake…
Read MoreWhy are we here? Even as a writer, I so often find that words fail me. They fail to express the swarm of emotions that swirl around us in the…
Read MoreEven though we only spent a year in Alabama, in my Shaye heart, it may as well have been a decade. The lessons and hard valleys that we discovered there…
Read MoreDon’t tell me what you ate. I’m a creature of habit, as we all tend to be. I like my baths each night and an espresso, with a dash of cream,…
Read MoreI am here. Despite the plague having hit our house hard over the last week and a half, I am here. I may be buried under no less than nineteen…
Read MoreAnd as experience is the best teacher, I’m here to share with you how to bake better bread at home. Save yourself years of bad loaves. My many baking flops are your gain. Here’s how to bake better bread at home.
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