It's mothers day, and I must say as I sit here and look at all these mothers posting pictures with their kids on social media, I have to think that I have figured the system out. Here is the deal I already spend every freaking day with my kids. We homeschool, and work from home. … Continue reading A Mothers Day Post
Maybe scavengers isn't the right word... but it has a certain ring to it. I was contemplating the right terminology for describing my life with my husband and the kind of people that we just are. The stuff that seems to be the very substance of our being. And scavenger is what I came up … Continue reading Scavengers From The Beginning
This year the holidays are just different. My obnoxious seasonal jubilation seems to be boxed away in our storage unit with just about everything else we own. The kids are suffering having been displaced, promised a visit to go "home" to visit for the holidays that couldn't happen, and all of the physical markers and … Continue reading Same Holidays Different Year
I'm not really sure what to write anymore. Sure they're the general antics of motherhood and homesteading. Yeah my kids learned to kayak this week, and there was a snafu where I had to process six flats of cherries STAT, and my cat let a half-dead bird loose in the house. But all of that … Continue reading A Not So Independence Day
We happen to be a household that celebrates just about everything. And so this particular season is an abundance of gratitude, love, and food. So this here is a guideline to the month of December as we know it and mayhaps you will find a thing or two you would like to incorporate for the … Continue reading Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy
This year we will be hosting 25 people for Thanksgiving dinner. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but I do know I said yes to each person that asked me. And I know that I invited some people who I knew wouldn't have another place to go. And fundamentally when it comes down to … Continue reading A Recipie for a Stellar Thanksgiving
Now, before you get too excited I am not talking about cannabis or cold hard cash. It is something way sexier... thank home made and upcycled gift giving. I am sure I have mentioned before that I am cash broke. So I am left to scour Second hand shops, look for beautiful treasures out in … Continue reading I Give Green Gifts
Valentines day like any other holiday in our house is honored and celebrated with reverence and LOTS of preparation. There is very little to be found in the vain of commercialism, except of course the local artisanal chocolates that I demand be gifted to me. All other valentines and tokens of love are crafted by … Continue reading To love and all the greater things
Yesterday we celebrated Martinmas. where we live we tend to cultivate a festival life that is better known in Eastern Europe. The story of Saint Martin is this; Martin was a prince. His father forced him to be a soldier despite the fact that he was a pacifist. As a pacifist he chose to be … Continue reading Lighting the darkness
Halloween for our family is months of work. The whole year is spent talking about what we want to dress up for the next year. It's casual conversation over dinner, it's the last thing said as we fall asleep at night, it's inspired by books we read, but most of all it's about creativity. We … Continue reading The after effects of Halloween
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