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Same Holidays Different Year

December 10, 2020December 12, 20201 Comment

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

A Not So Independence Day

July 5, 20201 Comment

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

Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy

December 23, 20191 Comment

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

A Recipie for a Stellar Thanksgiving

November 24, 2019Leave a comment

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

I Give Green Gifts

November 12, 2019November 12, 20191 Comment

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

To love and all the greater things

February 14, 2019February 24, 20191 Comment

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

Lighting the darkness

November 13, 2018March 2, 2019

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

The after effects of Halloween

November 4, 2018March 2, 2019

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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