Fall is my favorite time of year. A couple days ago I was having a stressful day. I know the cure for all things stressful is time in nature so I grabbed a blanket, a notebook, and a hard cider I found in the garage …
Friends, we need to have a talk. You matter at home. You are not replaceable at home. Read that again. You are, however, replaceable as an employee. Or on the church council. Or in your 4H group. Or on the board of directors. Please don’t …
I visited with my grandma a few days ago. Now that’s grandpa is gone, she’s starting to go through her house and get rid of things. She’d started quite a pile of things for me to take—waffle iron, wok, tupperware, wool blankets, utility knife blades, …
There is endless chatter inside my head but a motorcycle is loud enough to drown that out. “Wanna go for a ride?” I asked him. “Where to?” We don’t officially decide on a destination but it doesn’t take long before I’m on the back of …
I’ve looked at the numbers, y’all, and I think it’s time to have a discussion about uncomfortable truths and the giant known as Facebook. Note: This itty bitty thought was also touched on at the end of the yesterday’s Deep Thoughts from the Woods podcast …
Last week I was gone for a magical week, deep in the woods of extreme northern Minnesota, a stone’s throw from the Canadian border. A week spent deep in the woods gives a person a lot of time to think and you generally come back …
Fun fact: way back in the day, in the time that I like to refer to as old school blogging, this website was called Farm Food Mama and it was all about cooking from scratch. It’s also important to note that in the time of …
Today seemed like a good day to bake Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins. So I did. (Yes, the recipe is at the bottom) (Note: In an effort to spend less time on social media, I’m going back to a short daily update here at my website. …
Today we are tackling the topic of freedom of speech—it’s a huge topic that’s been on my mind lately because of things happening out in the world. Not just because I see certain things being censored online, it’s also how I’m seeing people react to …
Building the life you want is a sure step towards self-sufficiency and independence. But what if you don’t know what you want that life to look like? What if the question of “what do you want” is too big to answer? Let’s work through the …