Farmer John (that's really what he goes by), was selling the last of his corn crop from the bed of his pickup last week. I had to stop. ...

I went for a walk yesterday over chilled, spongy hills. Grasses, the color of Thanksgiving, leaned in the foggy wind. They seemed alive, so...

Been down the baking/spice aisle lately? Seen those prices? (Know how deadly heart disease is? I believe sticker shock has contributed to mo...

 ...going up in that jumble sale of fantastic-ness in the name of ordering my cabin kit. I'll continue posting treasures - like this Ke...

I've added a jumble of beautiful things to be auctioned off, cheaply - ridiculously cheaply - for the last few dollars I need for the ca...

My habits (obsessions) of late: making my own cheddar cheese. Sewing thick quilts for the cabin. And reading everything I can find on the re...

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty... I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situa...

  Millie here. I put my chew down to come tell you that folks flooded us with emails (I heard over 80 in the first two hours alone) about th...

I'm in this head place where I'm longing for things that are real. I'm considering more carefully before buying. I'm asking ...

My camera was in... my laptop/camera bag. All neatly tucked inside with the USB cord perfectly wound, right beside it. What's more pat...

It's dark today. Foggy. Woodsy. Misty. Mossy. A good day for pulling on tall socks, making soup thick with mushrooms and cream, and re...

I can't find my camera. I can't find my camera. I can't find my camera. I can't find my camera ! You know those people ...

God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself because it is not there. There is no such thing. -C.S. Lewis That was ...

I think about my little place all the time. Today I thought about trees. About all the trees I wanted to pass on my morning walks with Milli...

I've been sitting on a little secret that I dared not spill until this week: I've bought land. With a brook and a rocky dirt road. N...

...to get engrossed this weekend in a slow, melancholy book set on the sea. On a chilly coast. A Weight of Water or Memory of Water type n...

Expect hope to be rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. -Sarah Ban Breathnach

Today's pay day. What are the odds I can grab my check, hit the door, rush "home", bake cookies and watch movies all rainy aft...

By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer. -Helen Hunt Jackson ...