As I sit here today, winter is beating at our back door. And I’m here all like, “What. Just. Happened.” Like, for real. Spring didn’t even arrive until our last frost mid-June. Then came the worst biting insect season I’ve ever experienced. So bad that much of the time we could hardly stand to be […]
Sometimes, the best things in life do come at a cost. Berry picking is definitely one of those things for us- and I don’t mean money, either. It means heading out into the woods, husband and children in tow, knowing there’s a very real risk of bears, bugs, bees, thorns, bumps, bruises, scratches, tears, and […]
What I find most intriguing about old cookbooks is how unspecific their recipes are. Very unlike what we have available to us today- no longer do you see a “pinch” of this or a “dash” of that. We have everything perfectly measured out for us, in clear step-by-step form, so as to ensure that our […]
