This week, a brand new washing machine arrives at our house.  Many of you know that I’ve been washing all of our clothes by hand for the past year (with a few exceptions, when I’ve been sick or otherwise overwhelmed, and I went to the laundromat).  Last fall, I sold our old noisy washing machine ...
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What’s that you say?  It was five degrees outside Saturday night?  Well, if you ask Ella, it is officially spring, and therefore we should all be wearing sandals and no sweaters.  Preferably, just ballet tutus, as you’ll see.
At our house, I’m looking around and seeing a lot of my favorite color – yellow.  We finally ...
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Well, last week Ella and I had a go-round with the bug that seems to be knocking everyone out in our fair Valley.  As the old saying goes, A cold will go away in a week by itself, or in seven days with medicine.
We drank endless cups of hot water with honey, discovered Emmalina’s wonderful ...
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Hello everyone, and Happy Spring! Today, we have a video that shows our farm and bakery, put together by our friend and neighbor Shalini Bahl.
We talk about everything from using draft horses, the real cost of food, and how to make your love visible.
Enjoy!
AWEtv from Seed to Scone with Adrie Lester of Wheatberry Cafe ...
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This week, the weather is all over the place. One day is mild and sunny, the next it’s snowing, or (today) sleeting. I am doing my best not to declare it Completely Awful, but instead, Good Knitting Weather.
I’ve got a big stack of books this week – All Year Round to get ready ...
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This month, I’m joining the folks at Simple Mom with Project Simplify.  It’s spring cleaning time, and I’m excited.

Decluttering has been a serious mission around here for, oh, two years, but it’s always nice to get some outside inspiration. So join the fun – you know you want to.

Signs of spring. Rain, rain, and rain, bringing on mud season – hope you’re ready!  (And goodbye, clean kitchen floor.)

Six eggs from six chickens, two days in a row.  I had to make cheesecake (Keller’s, from Ad Hoc.  It was divine, of course.)

A dog who comes in from a night on wandering, reeking of ...
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(sausage gravy and pumpkin biscuits – when I was pregnant my idea of breakfast was, apparently, meat meat and more meat)
After I started planning our dinners last winter, I was really excited about how well it went. How much calm it brought to my life. (Seriously, every bit helps!) So over the ...
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Welcome back to Whole Grain Weekends, a space to share and explore cooking with whole grains!  Whole Grain Weekends will be happening in this space the first and third weekends of the month.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this space and how to make it more ...
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Thank you.

You’ve all been so amazingly kind, supportive, honest, and loving in your comments and emails to our family this past week, and we are so grateful.  I think I mentioned how incredibly nervous I was to share the story of my miscarriage (but also compelled), and I am so glad that I did so.  ...
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