Three Unseen Benefits of a Wise Mother at Home (a Repost)
We’ve all read those intricate financial compilations by economic experts trying to prove that a homemaker really does have financial value. Because they can put a dollar amount on what a woman does in...
View ArticleOne of Those days
The day started early and, since I was out of bed and feeling pretty perky early in the morning, the day seemed to be off to a good start. A facebook message from our eldest daughter told me she was...
View ArticleAn Old Farmer’s Advice fer Livin’
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster...
View ArticleThirty Things to Do This Summer With Your Kids
Go to the beach or walk along a river in the sand. Grow a tomato or sunflower plant. Walk barefoot through the grass. Build a sandcastle. Play frisbee golf. Grab a blanket, spread it out in the grass...
View ArticleBread and Wine; A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes…My Review
“My prayer is that you’ll read these pages first curled up on your couch or in bed or in the bathtub, and then after that you’ll bring it to the kitchen with you, turning corners of pages, breaking...
View ArticleThe Most Important Summertime Food for Your Child’s Health!
“Come with me,’ Mom says. To the library. Books and summertime go together.” ― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me Nourish your children well this summer and encourage them to read, read, read!...
View ArticleSimple Summer, Happy Childhood!
Summer is a time for refreshment and rest and we can find both of those by getting out of our routine and doing simple things differently even if we never leave town! To make a goodie like the one in...
View ArticleDid You Win a Copy of Saving Sailor?
We’ve picked a winner! Who-oh-who could it be? Congratulations Jane-from-across-the-pond! Please contact me via my contact link and I will get this book to you! Thank you, again, to Renee Riva for...
View ArticleHow Are You Raising A World-Changer?
Patrick Farris explores the world (picture by sister Hannah Farris) I’ve posted this list before…what would you add to it? Share your wisdom in the comment section! 1. Be a learner, a questioner, a...
View ArticlePreparation by Effie Waller Smith
“I have no time for those things now,” we say; “But in the future just a little way, No longer by this ceaseless toil oppressed, I shall have leisure then for thought and rest. When I the debts upon...
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