I'm still painting. Still tearing open cardboard boxes, gasping or squealing when I find what's inside. Still washing and wiping dis...

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. -Psalm 62:5 I decided not to rush things; not to let my spontaneity gallop wildly th...

Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality. Clifton Paul Fadiman I'm learning to make cheese. It was on my list of 30 things I wante...

I love that God created strawberries. I love that God thought of music. I really love that God made orchids. I mean, it isn't hard to f...

  It's snowing. I've been canning okra. Somehow these things go together to me. Is okra primarily a southern food? I can't i...

I have this little code I sometimes jot on recipe cards. It's BEE. As in, Best Ever Eaten. There are so many recipes out there, you kno...

Have I told you much about plans for the cabin? While creeks and lake abound, there is no access to running water. At all. While a super coo...

The temperature outside is 0 degrees. Exactly. I don't care where you're from, that's cold . But inside, all is well. I've p...

Millie is in the doorway of the house in Kansas and, despite my pleadings, won't come out to play in the 8 inches of snow. I didn...

My heart and prayers are with all those affected by the tragedy in Tucson. 

Today is National Cookie Day. A day I can truly get behind. And what better time to slip you a few of my favorite cookie recipes - new and o...

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 ...