The last attempt I made to live off the land didn’t go very well. Half pint and pa never bagged a bear, and what with all the churning and mending to be done I utterly failed at the task of putting up enough food to feed my family. It was barely November and I had [...]
Read more...So it looks like I planted the spinach a little too late. And the lettuce. And the cucumbers were perhaps to fragile as tiny sprouts to withstand my man-handling of them into the garden. Either way, as far as veggies go so far, looks like I missed the boat. The boat I was trying to [...]
Read more...Coming back home after eight days away I am hit by one particular fact: my living room smells like dirt. No, I can’t blame my husband for letting things fall to pot. The kids are in one piece and the house is still standing. The house smells like dirt in a good way. Forest path [...]
Read more...Sometimes nature is cruel. Other times, while it’d be an exaggeration to call nature cruel, she’s not exactly helping things by subtly antagonizing the underlying issues of sibling rivalry. Thanks, nature, for this. One more reason to pit sister against sister in the eternal contest for who is best. Allow me to settle the question [...]
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