Homestead Life & Ponderings
How We’re Moving Forward After A Year Of Setbacks: Our Goals for 2019
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.” ― Edith Lovejoy Pierce I’m going to come right out and say it: 2018 was pretty much the worst year of our...
Thoughts On the Seasons Of Life
I love seasonal living. And like so many others, fall is my absolute favourite time of year. The weather cools down and so does the laundry list of chores and projects and obligations as the general busy-ness and chaos and sweaty, sticky, uncomfortable heat of summer...
2018 Home & Garden Tour Part 1: The OG
I love to create things. Like food. You may have noticed that by now. But I love to create other things as well. I've always loved to write; To craft stories with my words. And to take photos of beautiful things. Things that I create. Things that grow wild. Everyday...
Terroir: How the Land Where We Live Influences the People We Become
Terroir (n): The characteristic taste and flavour of a crop (usually wine) or the characteristics of a people (often rural) that are imparted to them by the land they inhabit. Origin: French Root meaning: “Of the Earth/Soil.” Just as the land gives life to the plants...
12 Free & Easy Ways to Practice Self-Care (And Why It’s So Important to Make Time For You!)
As a modern homesteader with a never-ending to-do list, it’s definitely not always easy to find the time to practice self-care. But it truly does benefit you (and everyone else) when you take care of yourself first. You’ll find you’re healthier,...
On Losing A Child: A Birth Story About Love, Loss and A Heartbreaking Choice (Part 2)
(This story is part two of a two-part series documenting our experience of losing a child and ending a wanted pregnancy for medical reasons. Read part one here). Labour and delivery One of the nurses returned to the room and offered her condolences. She gave me a pill...
On Losing A Child: A Birth Story About Love, Loss and A Heartbreaking Choice (Part 1)
(This story is part one of a two-part series documenting our experience of losing a child and ending a wanted pregnancy for medical reasons. Read part two here). If you’re a regular reader of this blog and you are signed up for my weekly emails, you might...
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