The Radical Homemaker

Warning: Blending authenticity with joy may arouse contempt.

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

  Thank you for another year of readership, support, kind thoughts, intellectual stimulation, and laughter. I wish you all a hearth to warm you, a loved one to cheer you, a sunrise to nurture your spirit, a starry night to stir the mysteries deep within your souls, good food to nourish you, and ample quiet […]

A Knitters’ Dream Come True

For those of you who are daily blog followers, do you remember a post, way back last spring, when I was sitting out in a sunny spot in the barn, skirting some fleeces from these critters? Well if you did remember it, good for you. Because I completely forgot about it. …Until a few days […]

The Silver Bullet

If I had to pinpoint a start for the latest battle, I guess I’d have to say it was the plum pudding.  I sent an email last week to Mom, going over the menu for Christmas day, specifically asking her to make my Holiday Pudding recipe that doesn’t call for any grains.  She called me […]

One of Many Voices

  Can you see us? Saoirse and I are on the right hand side. Behind the piano. She’s the short one in the pinkish-red vest sweater. I’m beside her. Oh. You can’t make us out? Oh well.   When I was little, I started singing in choirs. Then, typical over-achiever that I am, I figured […]

And now the dreams…

I am not a big Christmas fan in terms of the commercialism, but I do find myself enjoying how our culture seeks to create little whimsical pleasures for our children at this time of year. Here is Ula during our trip to NYC last weekend, taking in a Macy’s window.     Posted with Blogsy

The Blankets Are Here!

Yipee! Just in time for the holidays! The Sap Bush Hollow Blankets, made with our super-soft MACHINE WASHABLE dorset fleeces, have finally come back from the mill.  For those of you who want an incredibly cozy wool blanket for yourself or someone special…and who would like to support our tiny hill farm this Christmas, now […]

Best Books of 2013

Every year, my favorite gift to give (and to get) is a good book.  But I’m fussy.  A holiday read must be something truly special.  It becomes an intellectual companion when the days are darkest, so I ask that they fill me with inspiration, feed my imagination and propensity to dream, present me with good […]