Growing Parents (re-post)

I’m reposting this post that I wrote eight years, three kids, and one house ago.  Certainly, a great deal has changed since I wrote this, but the words still ring so true.  Embrace the season in which you are living and, while you look forward to the seasons to...

Spring Took a Vacation

It’s still acting like winter here in Indiana.  My kids have given up, tossed their pants to the wind, and decided it is, in fact, the spring it is supposed to be.  They’ve gone on adventures in the woods, helped daddy build a fence, and built bonfires,...
Back to the Land, Back to God

Back to the Land, Back to God

There is a disconnect today between eaters and food sources.  I think this is becoming a fundamental problem with society.  When we lose sight of our food sources, of what else do we lose sight?  Because, ultimately, what (or Who) is the source of the food which...

Alleluia!

We are an Easter people, and Alleluia is our song!  Easter was beautiful this year and we are rejoicing!...

Oh sap!

  We were finally able to finish our syrup making this weekend.  This is our second year making syrup and we learned a great deal both year.  Mainly, SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.  It was quite the chore this year.  We tried the propane burner, which was painfully...