simple life
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The Seeds That Endure
“Love leaves a legacy. The way you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.” ~ Rick Warren When I look back on my childhood, I don’t remember what we… Continue reading
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Farming the Hard Way
There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.” Aldo Leopold I recently posted on Facebook about our… Continue reading
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Right Here, Right Now
“If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they… Continue reading
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Water Bath Canning – Yes You Can!
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle Water bath canning can be quite intimidating for a beginner who doesn’t have someone to teach them. It used to be part… Continue reading
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Cooking with Abandon
“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” Harriet Van Horne I recently discovered that I have contracted Alpha Gal. For those who are not yet familiar with this term, it is a… Continue reading
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Good Eggs and Guineas
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go… Continue reading
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Garden Gatekeeper
“Dear friend, don’t let the bustling culture determine the needs of your own children. You get to choose how they grow up. You can protect their time, energy, and imagination. You are the gatekeeper of the garden of their childhood.”… Continue reading
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Perfect House
“That house was a perfect house. Whether you like food or sleep, or storytelling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear, and… Continue reading
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So, you want to Homestead….
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius This quote embodies my thoughts on homesteading. Many people are overwhelmed by the thought of homesteading and all the work and investments of… Continue reading
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Knowledge is Power
“Reading brings knowledge and knowledge is power; therefore reading is power. The power to know and learn and understand . . . but also the power to dream. Stories inspire us to reach high, love deep, change the world and… Continue reading
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