The Radical Homemaker

Warning: Blending authenticity with joy may arouse contempt.

Pop Pop’s Love

He doesn’t take his granddaughters to Disney, he doesn’t take them fishing.  He doesn’t buy them baubles.  But every afternoon and every morning he goes to the barn with them and stands patiently as they learn to work with their livestock.  He shows them when to be firm, he makes sure there is time for […]

Trying out the role of only child

Some of you have written, wondering how Ula is coping with Saoirse gone to New York City to work for Plowshares Coffee.  They are, after all, the best of friends…Until Saoirse screams at Ula for leaving her socks on the floor, or Ula constructs homemade nunchucks and tries them out on her sister. Which is […]

Where’s Saoirse?

My heart’s been thumping with pride this week…Pride for being a small business owner in a community of other small business owners, and pride for my kid. I know the pandemic has been hard on small businesses.  But one of the silver linings, for me, has been the network of support we’ve created for each […]

Winter Dreaming

Dear Friends; Winter is upon us:  the espresso machine is shut down, the fridge unplugged, the harvest in the freezers.  We’re moving slowly around the animals and each other, taking time to savor all the best things this season has to offer: stunning light upon the bare trees, falling snow, coffee in the woods, sledding […]

Enjoying a long winter’s rest…

Thanks for a great growing season!  As winter settles around us, we use this time to move more slowly and dream more deeply about the seasons to come at Sap Bush Hollow.  The cafe will remain closed until April.  The 24-7 Honor Store at the back of the cafe parking lot at 832 W. Fulton […]

#SapBushSaturday Special Dec 18, 9-2: LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON!!

Every year since we opened the cafe, we’ve served a very special meal on the final Saturday before Christmas: A simple roasted garlic and butternut bisque,  a traditional (grain and gluten-free) Christmas pudding made from dried fruits and local vegetables and our beef tallow; and a glass of our homemade eggnog, made with local milk […]