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Winter is coming.

A couple of weeks ago, I stood at my kitchen window in the early morning.  Looking through the fog, I saw one single, yellowed leaf float down from the trees.   My throat tightened.  Last week in the same early morning time at my sink, I saw several more fall, dancing gracefully.  Friday, I crested the steep hill on my road to see the Appalachians displaying change visible from a great distance.  Today, I see the trees across the street are turning.  Red and yellow.  This morning, I had to grab a robe when I got up.  The kids complained their feet were cold on the wooden floors.  Friends are telling me the Blue Ridge Parkway, not far from home, already has yellows, oranges and reds beautifully visible.

Winter is coming.  Soon. [Read more…] about Potato Soup

Daily Grind

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For a while now, I have considered blogging as a way to share what I am working on, accomplishing and learning from day to day.  I wish to blog about a wide variety of topics including traditional foods, natural family living and home care, food storage, crafting, homesteading, gardening, homeschooling, homemaking, alternative health and anything else I am exploring at the time.  I hope it will be an enjoyable read and will give you inspiration for your own work to better your family.

I do so many different things and often have people ask me, “How do you do it all?”  So I decided for my first post to give you a peek into my day-to-day life.  Homeschooling, running a business and working full-time from home, crafting, running the forum, assisting my parents, gardening and livestock, plus all of the from-scratch cooking, cleaning and laundry that a household needs to run smoothly.

Many times, I believe part of the answer to “How do you do it all?” lies mostly in what I do not do.  [Read more…] about Daily Grind