I hope you had a lovely weekend. We are a home of four adults again. Shane and Sarndra asked if they can stay here till they get jobs and ...

There really is no reason for me to know what day it is, or the time of day for that matter, nevertheless, I do usually know the day. I did...

Anna S by Carl Larsson from here. I really enjoyed reading a comment from Elizabeth yesterday. She said, in part, “I have been reading your...

Yesterday was a diamond of a day. The weather was warm, the rain had stopped, the sun poured down and everything seemed right. We had our ...

I have received quite a few emails lately asking about what I call the hierarchy of food. The questions ask how important is it to eat orga...

I spent a lovely weekend here with Hanno. Not much happened, there were a few phone calls and little else. Hanno worked on the garden, cle...

Putting nutritious food on the kitchen table is one of the tasks a homemaker must repeat every day. I cringe when I think of the many times...

It seems to be agreed now, we are headed for a few shaky years ahead. Some are saying it will be the same or worse than the Great Depressio...

The Basic Bread loaf made yesterday I was asked by Charis to post about a simple bread recipe and I’m happy to do that because I know ...

I didn't watch the news last night but Hanno told me there are over 160 lives lost in the fires now. Of course, there are many animals ...

I have been using my large chest freezer as a cool room for storing my grains and dry goods. In this humid climate, especially in summer, i...

Things are grim down south. They're in the middle of a heatwave and the area right along the bottom of the Australia continent, that pa...

A reader asked recently if I'd write a post about what we eat during the week. I'm happy to do that but I think you'll see by o...

This is my recipe for scones. I have to warn you, I never measure anything so if these aren't quite to your liking, tweak the measureme...