Greening Up!

We have not started to see greening outside yet, here around my central Maine farm, though the sap buckets are no longer hanging on the maple trees that I passed on my way to my local post office this morning. If you don't live in an area where folks "sugar," let me say that is …

How do YOU get ALL the homestead things done?

I am thinking of offering a workshop by that title at the Common Ground Fair this fall. So the topic is on my mind a lot. My short answer is "you don't." I didn't when I was homesteading as a young newly married women, nor as a mother ( of one... or many) and I …

A Gift Well Given

Yule and Christmas are long past and I suspect that many of us have finally relaxed from the hubub and stress of the 'gifting season.' For some, the stress comes from the financial aspect... having many people to "buy for" as folks say; for others, whose gift list includes friends and family who appreciate the …

Finding Balance

As the photo of my truck tailgate attests, I am into many things. And with so many interests, even with "unlimited time" that one supposedly has upon retirement, there is never enough. Or enough energy. Or enough days without old fart aches and pains. Or ... Life is always about balance, for me. Balance is …