The “new bit of perspective” I mentioned in the last post came when we attended a “Faith and Farming Gathering” in October, hosted by Noah Sanders, of RedeemingtheDirt.com, in partnership with Foundations for Farming! We took a drive into the heart of Alabama, through some really pretty country and enjoyed...
Hello everyone! It’s incredible 2026 has come and now we’re already into February! How are you doing, friend? Whether you’re still floating on the excitement of the new year, or starting to lose some momentum, I just want to encourage you! Each day holds so much potential. Let’s use each...
Lights are strung. Cards are (mostly) sent. 🙂 A pumpkin roll is baked and waiting. It’s a quiet, peaceful Christmas Eve night. Today we had a wonderful work day with the family! Here we have been enjoying almost spring-like weather, singing snippets of carols and greeting each other with joyous,...
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! This phrase from Psalm 119:64 jumped out at me recently: “The earth…is full of Your mercy…” It’s stayed with me. I marvel at how true this is! Even though things are not the way God originally intended them to be on this earth…even though this world is...
This a post I’ve been excited to share with you! Several years ago, my brother and I got the idea to make some Shiitake mushroom logs, inspired by some friends’ prolific logs that we were invited to fruit while they were on vacation. Isaac hand-cut the logs, we plugged them...
I’m enjoying these first, crisp days of autumn! Lately I’ve been thinking about various angles of time management…including my perennial habit of putting things off until the very last. Instead of making a project way ahead, I wait to decide what to make until I get down to the wire...
We’re enjoying a refreshing taste of fall! I love these late summer days, when the light takes on a certain golden quality and the air has a particularly delicious edge. I even heard some geese calling yesterday, a sure and welcome sign that fall is on the way! This summer,...
I hope your summer is going well! You may remember our fall apple outing from a previous post… Well, last summer, and now this summer, we’ve also been very excited to have the opportunity to buy fresh, local peaches! My brother’s family lives right next to an orchard of about 600...
It’s been a most unusually rainy and lush summer so far! On a normal year, we might be in the middle of a drought, with all the dry, crackling grass to prove it. But this year, the grass and trees are green as spring! The bed in the front has...
A few weeks ago, we met my brother and his family in Kentucky for a very special purpose – a visit to the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter! This trip had been in the works for awhile, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, our schedule changed unexpectedly. Last-minute, we...