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THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS SEMI-GRAPHIC IMAGES. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE NOT OKAY WITH KILLING/EATING CHICKENS OR IF YOU HAVE THEM AS PETS. (P.S. it’s a long entry – no way I could make it shorter). I’ve tried starting this blog 3 times. The first time, I ended up writing 14 pages and it will most likely be a chapter in my new book. The second time turned into
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Tagged Community, Dinner, food, Homestead, seasonal eating, Urban Farm
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“I saw a recipe for stuffed artichokes…” “Oh I know where that recipe is,” I said and was out of my chair in an instant. “She has this gift,” Beth said to her visiting sister smiling. “Name a recipe in this house and she can turn to the page.” “I can?” I inquired completely oblivious from the cookbook shelf. I pulled the first cookbook off the shelf that I thought
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Tagged creativity, Dinner, food, gardening, Homestead, recipe, seasonal eating, Urban Farm
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Our community lost a dear member this past week. There is a big hole in our congregation; one that many of us have pondered in conversation how it will be filled? I spent time watching the eclipse this week which happened to be on the same day she passed. The world faded to gray for just a moment. I burned my retina trying to see what was happening. Between waiting
I have a cookbook with this on the front: It’s been teasing me since we got it as a wedding gift almost seven years ago. But fig jam isn’t something I normally picked up. I thought figs lived in cookies – something dreamed up in a laboratory somewhere and stuffed between dough and sugar. Then we bought our house and as it turns out, came to discover an old Mission
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Tagged a beautiful mess, Dinner, food, gardening, Homestead, recipe, seasonal eating, Urban Farm
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Spring is here. I was doubtful for a bit with late rainstorms and typical gray mornings, but the mockingjays mockingbirds are sunning every morning reminding me their slumber is over. A few curious things have happened in the past couple weeks. 1. I finished my first school year as a faculty member. This leads to 2. I am fully entrenched in working and researching for the next book. Which means
My office at home overlooks the street below bordering the front yard. From my desk, I can see people driving, walking, and biking as the day moves forward. Between grading, writing, and lesson planning, I steal glances every now and then to see people stop and pause to look and point at what is happening on our little patch of land. Over the years, it has looked like everything from
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Tagged a beautiful mess, food, Homestead, marriage, perfectionist recovery, Self-Care, the church, traditions, Travel, Urban Farm
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Sometimes I don’t see the good. I hear the wind and get scared more of our roof will blow away and take veggies with it. I hear the chickens at 6am going berserk and I run out with broccoli leaves bribing them to shut up so the neighbors don’t turn us in. But then I drive to work and see how the wind has carried the clouds and smog away.
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There were many titles I was considering for this post. Possible contenders were: “What not to make on a weeknight” followed shortly by, “What the heck was I thinking?” and the ever so subtle, “Well, was it worth it?” I had been staring at the last lonely pumpkin for months. Winter squash are my prized possessions; the darlings of my pantry; the decorations on my counter… until they are gone.
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Tagged a beautiful mess, Dinner, food, Homestead, perfection, Urban Farm, Writing
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There are certain meals that remind me of growing up in the Pacific Northwest. This is one of them. When it gets cold enough, (which this year, winter came in February after January’s freakish summer) I can’t wait to throw in potatoes and carrots and onions with red wine and rosemary to see what happens. Maybe that’s what the dream was about a few weeks ago! Secretly, I know what
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Can I be honest for a moment? (When am I not?) Pinterest stresses me out most some of the time. I got on there out of convenience so I would no longer have 37 windows open at the same time on my screen. It was amazing to “pin” stuff for my classes, for the yard, for dinner, and for my sanity. And so that Nate wouldn’t turn on the computer
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