On the Homestead: Family

Two parents. Four hooligans. We farm together. We eat together. We grow together. It ain’t always pretty but I wouldn’t want it any other way.

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Homeschool: Cultivating Imaginations

By Stuart “Concealed in the world we have is a world greater than we can imagine”- Mark Helprin from In Sunlight and in Shadow (here). I thought I had been…

Keeping It Simple.

You’ve heard it. I’ve heard it. But at this moment, I’m hell bent on keeping it the reality: Keeping it simple. Culture is already swimming with holiday ideas and trinkets to…

The man has an announcement!

From now through Black Friday, you can snag a hardcover copy of Family Table + a digital copy of Family Table for immediate use on your tablet or laptop +…

At the end of it all.

At the end of it all, I have hope. We lost our Lochy boy this past week. He ventured a wee bit too far from home (not far as the…

The hardest thing I’ve done in my life.

The hardest thing I’ve done in my life is live through the every day. It’s mundane. It’s sloppy. And it’s hard. I want to be all like “Yay! Cherish the…

The Vital Few: What the heck am I trying to do?

Choosing My Vital Few Whew. Wowza. What a season we’ve just come through. You know when you’ve just delivered a baby and you’re all “Whew! Wowza! That was a doozy.” –…

Family Table Is Shipping: HERE WE GO!

I’m floored. And by floored, I mean I’m currently laying on the floor, soothing my aching bones from the exhaustion that has joyfully consumed my body. 5,000 copies of Family…

Don’t remind me of her.

I wasn’t always this person. But don’t remind me of that. A decade ago – I was much, much different. Those of you who have read my testimony (part two here)…

While the husband’s away…

A wee bit back, Stuart and our oldest two littles headed off to North Carolina to visit family. Originally, when the trip was planned, I was a zillion months pregnant…

Screen Time and Farm Kids

Screen time and kids, man. I know that battle. I’ve been to the point of breaking. A few years ago now, I’d had it up to HERE. (You can’t see,…

Wrinkles & Chin Hair.

Ever get in a funk? Of course you do, you’re human. We all do. You know what else will put you in a funk? Finding A STRAY CHIN HAIR ON…

A Family Health Center At Home

A Family Health Center At Home: Building Options Great bonding can be done over poopy diapers. As I sat with Juliette at church a few days ago, I struck up conversation with…

On the Homestead: Family

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Essential Summer Recipes eBook