• 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,…

  • 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,…

  • Family

    Ten years gone…

    Today felt as though it should have been a big day… The weeks and days leading up to it surely did. And yet, how does one go about marking a decade of missing one’s mother? I thought there would be streams of tears and a deep, raw sadness. I thought…

  • Everything Else - Family

    Puddle Jumping

    With temperatures in the high 40s and mid-50s for well over a week now, our property is a mess of mud and puddles everywhere the sun hits (and yet still pure sheets of ice where it doesn’t). The mud makes taking care of the animals a definite chore…especially when hauling…

  • Chickens - Family - Goats

    Up Close

    In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been allowing myself the space to rest… to do nothing…or very little… while dreaming big and allowing my desires to float up to the top and dance in front of my imagination. In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been brainstorming ways to…