Making an Old Farmhouse Home

Would you like to increase your home’s value? In your own eyes? In the eyes of your children? Surprisingly, all that’s sometimes needed is a little distance… There’s a story I love to tell about the house with golden windows. (I’m not just a crazy chicken lady and homesteading homeschool mom; I’m also a professional storyteller, so I

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A Modern Homesteader Remembers When Homesteading Wasn’t a Choice

“Homesteading” today is almost a flashy “new” thing. Some folks who are longing to be “homesteaders” are dreaming of saving money and purchasing all the right equipment. Planning what they can do to be “prepared” and “ready” to homestead. Doing it all “the right way” so when they purchase a homestead things go smoothly. But

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A Look at the Presidential Primaries (and the press)

When I first set up my blog, I knew there was one topic I’d never approach: politics. Or the press. But when I witnessed firsthand that the press is biased, well, I decided I have something to say. So today I’m gonna take a tiny break from writing about all that sweet stuff I love

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