• Reflections

    Winter’s Rest

    After a full, long year, moments of rest and reflection seem fleeting in the face of 2023, don’t they? Counting down the days and hours until we “begin again” take on a fever pace as we are conditioned to look back, tally up all our accomplishments, celebrate our wins, plan…

  • Family - Homesteading

    The Autumn Slide

    What a summer it’s been! I swear to you that I’ve written this post at least 15 times in my head over the past few weeks, updating it as new things have happened and trying to pull seconds out of free minutes to put pen to paper (or cursor to screen,…

  • Homesteading - Reflections

    Just like that…

    I didn’t believe the adults in my life who told me, when I was still young and free and hadn’t a care in the world, that the older I’d get, the faster time would pass. And yet, here I sit on the third day of a brand new year, wondering where…

  • Journal Entries

    Concussed

    Five weeks ago, Kim fell down the stairs on her way to grab a late-night snack and gave herself a concussion. I heard the tumble from our bedroom and rushed down to find her sitting on the second step from the bottom, cold tea spilt everywhere, with her head in…

  • Family - Goats - Grow - Poultry

    Shown, Unshown – July into August

    Oh, how I’ve missed you all! And so here I am again, trying to document and share after being absent from this space for much longer than I’d hoped, planned, or anticipated! Realizing it is mid-August (how the heck did that happen), we’re way past due for a catch-up and…

  • Ducks - Family - Grow

    In the Garden – Mid July

    I’ve found myself wondering (once again) where the time has gone. It was said when I was a kid that the older I’d get, the faster time would pass… The busier I’d get, the more responsibilities I’d have, the faster moments would slip through my fingers. I didn’t believe it,…