“Ma had cooked an especially good supper because they had company. There was stewed jack rabbit with white-flour dumplings and plenty of gravy. There was a steaming-hot, thick cornbread flavored with bacon fat. There was molasses to eat on the cornbread…” -Little House on the Prairie One thing I love to see lined up […]
Every Tuesday, the older girls have fiddle lessons in the morning so it’s just me and the four little ones at home. We always have the task of creating a treat for our Tea at Two on Tuesdays. Today, we decided to turn our bread recipe into hot cross buns. I know that for many, […]
“If you’re going to do things the homesteading way, everything takes a little bit longer and so you plan. You have to plan to be there, to feed the fire, to keep it going. It’s another of those things – we’re so far removed from homesteading {life}, you just have to bite your lip […]
Right now, there is a sweet, dark haired baby girl resting on my chest after a busy morning bustling about with kitchen chores … the sky outside is grey with the promise of little sunshine … the big, steel pressure canner is simmering on the stove, filled with anticipation of autumn soups that will sustain […]
I guess, truth be told, I have always been a bit of a homebody. That is, I like to be home. My mother, to this day, still says her best and happy years were the homemaking years. The years with children and the years with baking and family times and cooking and family meals. […]
