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Have you ever looked at a tree (that wasn’t too massive yet,) a shrub, or plant in your yard and wished it were somewhere else? Keith and I have had the unfortunate experience of...
One big goal I had this winter was to get A LOT of school accomplished! Well, we have not been as successful as we have been in other years. In reflecting on the winter...
I saw these decorative eggs for the first time years ago, and loved them. It took me MANY years to make them myself. Since then I have made them several times. My favorite...
Almost every year, come January, I find myself anxiously awaiting spring. Although I have come to have a great appreciation for the break and rest that winter brings: no grass cutting, no weeding, and...
Something I think about on a regular basis is wondering what life would have been like had I lived 250 years ago; back when most of what one needed, an enterprising family might produce...
Since Friday, Mary has been writing poems. I think she’s got about ten so far. She has loved poetry for years now. Two weekends ago, I finished off about two weeks of canning. Two...
It is snowing again. I honestly had no idea it was even going to snow last night until we walked out of the Patriot Center after the Winter Jam way too late last night...
Have you noticed that the days are slowly becoming a bit longer? We head out around 6:15 on Wednesday evenings, and this past Wednesday I realized it wasn’t quite so dark. That means spring...
How many times have you used half of an onion and put it in the fridge, only to find it two weeks later and have to throw it out? Or, have you had a...
For over three years I have used fermented foods as a way of getting more probiotics into our diets. The more I read about the benefits of fermented foods, the more convinced I become...
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