I subscribe to a blog called Hen and Harvest, and last week they posted about some cooking videos on You Tube that feature depression era cooking. Clara is in her nineties and has a wealth of information and stories to share as she makes a meal that would be commonly eaten during the depression. I [...]
Kings and kingdoms will all pass away This week our history lessons will center around how daily life has changed over time. The main point to learn is that “while basic human needs remain the same, they are met in different ways in different times and places” (taken from our State Standards). Food acquisition, shelter, [...]
I just have to tell this story; it is too good to keep to myself… At a baby shower the other day, Luke’s cousin shared that she had tried a new brownie recipe, and had some of the creation with her for us to try. They were low in Weight Watcher points, and were a [...]
We’ve got some onions. The Early Girl tomatoes left us early, as little C found their green sprouts fun to pluck. Luke got some lights at Lowe’s and installed them in some shelving we had, and I’m feeling so good at the progress we’re making. I have to remind myself what ‘progress’ really means, to [...]
So much for posting every day this month. I’m enjoying my second run through Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Here’s one quote that I want to share: …the religion of time-saving pushes me to zip through a meal or a chore, rushing everybody out the door to the next point on a schedule. All that hurry can [...]
52. The first fresh day. Sure, there may be times the temperature gets unseasonably warm in February, even January, but we all know these are a fluke. When weather is agreeable in March, I can’t help but be buoyed by the hope a 50 degree day gives. Our school gets called off for a ‘fresh [...]
I just got the last of the cupcakes into the oven, this week’s snack offering for our local CEF Good News Club. We are rejoicing for so many reasons about this club: ~Our church agreed to sponsor it, which means that they take on the operating costs and commit to providing help and follow-up on [...]
Here is a synopsis of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, straight from the pen of the author in chapter one: This is the story of a year in which we made every attempt to feed ourselves animals and vegetables whose provenance we really knew. We tried to wring most of the petroleum out of our food chain, [...]
I think it is high time I started treating this like the daily journal it is, hadn’t I?! After reading the first chapter of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle for the second time, I have been inspired anew in my garden planting, if that is even possible (I thought I was riding pretty high before). I picked [...]