Come on over into the humble life of the Keeper of the Homestead! A little over 4 years ago, I started this little blog and people seemed to like coming around to find some encouragement in the ways of mothering, homemaking, and faith. I never expected anyone to stick around for all my many ups …
Moving can be a pain or it can be a blessing. Some of you have actually never moved. I wonder what it is like to be in the same place of your birth and live an entire life within the same walls. I bet it is quite neat to have the peace of having roots …
Last week, Colin and Nancy Campbell came to my back door to see our new home one cold and dark evening. I had been making a chicken with wild rice and found out that all my children had made other fun plans with their friends and I thought it would be fun to see if …
The house was dim and motionless. Everyone was asleep and the visitors left in the night so it was especially quiet. I tiptoed across the wooden floors of the old homestead listening for cocks crowing or the cow calling for us to milk her in the barn. On the wobbly kitchen table I saw a …
The end of our days is unknown and I would like to think that I would die at a ripe old age surrounded by those that I loved. I heard of a ninety-three year old lady who lives down the lane who recently died. Driving down the old one lane winding road that leads past …
From my last post about sickness etiquette I thought I would write a post about different things you can do or make to help you avoid getting sick. I have tried a lot of things through the years and I have found some things that work really well to boost immunities, or help shorten the duration …
We are now heading into the infamous cold season! There will be lots of viruses going around and you want to try to avoid them as much as possible and the answer is NOT getting the flu shot! I know a lot of people that get the flu shot and they still get the flu. It …
Who is Herman? Herman visits when the nights start to become cold. He keeps us warm when the cold winds are blowing. There is fire in his eyes, and he eats a steady diet of wood! You guessed it, Herman is our wood stove. I had high hopes that we could repair our wood cook …
After sharing my blog post about my kitchen renovation, one of my dear readers contacted me with a lovely response. Her name is Talita Keller. Several months ago she found my blog and started sending me special letters through the email and we became close friends who live far apart. She is a missionary …
It has been a long time since I gave any updates on our homestead house remodel and that is because there has been nothing to talk about until now. As embarrassing as it is to admit, I am real and you know I will tell all—I have been a spoiled brat! I got so used …