Lessons in Imperfection

I’m a perfectionist to the point that I sometimes don’t attempt something if I think it’ll be a flop. I… Read More

Baking Day

Mr. FixIt went to town yesterday for the annual reunion dinner for the place he worked most of his adult… Read More

I padded into the kitchen at around 8:30 yesterday morning. I turned on the teakettle and emptied the dishwasher while… Read More

I’d love to say I did an unboxing video and demonstrated how to grind the grain into flour. I DID… Read More

Venus’s Looking Glass When I started carving out patches of our five acre homestead to devote to the pollinators, there… Read More

When my grandma died in 1999, something had to be done. She was widowed in 1971 and was left to… Read More

If you’ve been reading my posts here, you know I’m on a quest to improve our nutrition. Mr. FixIt (aka… Read More

When we saw the muddy waters of Lee Creek up in our fields on Friday, we knew it wasn’t just… Read More

I’m a sucker for trends. I’m a Gemini…I want to do all the things! I’ve done this with sewing machines,… Read More

We’re in monsoon season here in West Virginia. We’ve had more than four inches of rain this week…three of which… Read More