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My mom comes out every year to help us braid onion My mom comes out every year to help us braid onions. We all have our jobs- hers is to prep very onion, take pictures of each kid with their onion strands and bring motivating snacks. 🥰
I think we can all agree that photographing my pre I think we can all agree that photographing my preserves in rainbow order was a very good use of my time.
We did it!! And yes… you can still pledge. New p We did it!! And yes… you can still pledge. New pledges go towards making a better book, printing in color, producing audio book etc. All backers of the printed book receive every “stretch goal” upgrade. Spread the word!
Wowza! We’re $500 away from hitting our funding Wowza! We’re $500 away from hitting our funding goal!! If you thought about backing this project please head on over to Kickstarter and push us over the finish line! (Link in profile)

Now… will somebody go find this boy a pair of pants?
Today is Hattie’s 10th birthday and she has plan Today is Hattie’s 10th birthday and she has plans a plenty! But I wanted to share this picture that I have taped to a cupboard in my kitchen because it clearly was Hattie’s 7th birthday, and I clearly stuck a candle in a carton of tag-alongs. Which weren’t even Girl Scout name brand- just the Aldi knock off. And that was good enough to get this smile from her and that smile from me.
Like the values it represents, Henry and the Great Like the values it represents, Henry and the Great Society is a book lost to time. Help us bring this story back into print for a new generation. Link in profile to preorder!
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Baby Brother

  • January 24, 2024
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Abel is now nearly 18 months old. Which makes him more of a little boy than a baby. I just went through our pictures from the past month and found…
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Deep in the Heart of Texas

  • November 30, 2023
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Yesterday we drove 16 hours from Texas back to Minnesota. The annual Homestead Fair in Waco attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, so we thought it would be…
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People are Awesome

  • November 6, 2023
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Honestly, there is no better title I can think of. I just spent the weekend in Tennessee, and my visit was remarkable in every way, because people are remarkable in…
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Ask for the Ancient Paths

  • September 6, 2023
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I have begun to realize that with every event, we are basically turning our living room into a nursery, our porch into a lecture hall, our barn into a community…
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The First Annual Self-Sufficiency Summit

  • July 12, 2023
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I have often said that you won’t get down the Self-Sufficiency road very far before you realize it actually leads right to Community Sufficiency. You must have community because you…
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Homesteading as a School Subject

  • May 13, 2023
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Rory went out first thing this morning to check on the ewes, to see if any lambs were born overnight. He came back in to get Ivar, letting him know…
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