As a born and raised urbanite, pesky weeds interfere with a carpet lush lawn. Spray them, pull them, curse them, but there is no use to them: a bane on suburban perfection. I still bend to pull weeds. I still swipe them with my heavy garden clogs. But now I’ve also found a new use … Continue reading
It’s a homestead life for us! Not all six of our homeschool family thought living an hour away from town, off-grid, in a 500 square foot cabin was a fabulous idea when I first came up with that idea nearly ten years ago. My husband reminded me that we’d have three teenage girls when we … Continue reading
Happy New Year! May your year be filled with purpose, peace and freedom, aka the Charmed Life. If you didn’t get a chance to read these posts, they were the most favoured over the past year. 10.Fitting in Date Night While Homeschooling Cause THAT is a challenge, but a necessary self-care, and family care, strategy. … Continue reading
I wanted to title this post, ‘we’re having a baby’, but that would be disingenuous. We’re having thirteen babies! How to make a home a homestead? Add some critters. And we are doing that in a bakers dozen this week. An unexpected surprise added to our world, a dog baby. To decide on a dog … Continue reading
I’ve been working outside for a week now. The snow flurried last weekend. A stubborn clump of snow still sits at the end of my driveway. But if I can go outside, I go outside. I have stuff to do. Garden plans & sketches For those hibernation months when outdoor gardening was impossible, I planned. … Continue reading
We have had a massive shift this last year, beginning a homestead, establishing new leadership roles in our community, a couple kids transitioning into adultishness. We’re still loving our simple, small town life here in the southwestern mountains of Canada. Four of us are still homeschooling, I’m still writing here and writing even more behind the scenes. Not surprisingly, my … Continue reading