The Radical Homemaker

Warning: Blending authenticity with joy may arouse contempt.

Tiny Miracles

There are things I cannot tell you.  That’s hard for me.  During the growing season, these stories are a running narrative in my head.  The narrative helps me make sense of my life during a busy time of year. I used to try to always write these weekly pieces as an expert:  a veteran home […]

Everybody’s Favorite Neighbor

When it rains, it pours. I’m sitting in the cop car, staring out over Panther Creek on Sunday, looking at the back of the cafe, waiting for the cop to take down my statement about the body upstairs in the house where we’re parked.  He’s being very kind to me.  But he’s not a fast […]

The Nursing Home

Ula has needle felted a tail and a set of testicles and then attached them with velcro to a plush lamb.  Saoirse and Bob are running through slides of farm photos, choosing the best and putting them in order. It’s the first day of spring, only a few days after the shooter drove through our […]

F**K Perspective

  September 11th and the twin towers.  March of 2020 and the start of the pandemic.  These are two events I have witnessed in my lifetime where I a think of my life before that moment…and then after. The third happened last week, when a shooter, a neighbor, drove through our hamlet in the middle […]

The Art of Beginning

All right…I REALLY want to forget about this whole shooting thing for a bit and return to some semblance of normal.  Right before the March 19 incident, we recorded our first podcast of the season. The launch may be a little late, but the sentiments are still the same….   Spring catches us with our […]