The Radical Homemaker

Warning: Blending authenticity with joy may arouse contempt.

Ula’s iPod

Ula has made her own iPod from a piece of scrap cardboard. She made her own earbuds from a bit of my knitting yarn. It works so well, she claims she can’t even hear me when I ask her to clean up her desk.     Posted with Blogsy

The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags

Guest post, from Saoirse Hayes Hooper, Grade 5 Editor’s (AKA “Mom”) note:  I have been reflecting lately on how best to improve my daughters’ experiences when learning to write.  I feel like they both have a good command of language, and they are wonderful story tellers.  However, I do feel that the homeschool setting can […]

The Napkin

I abhor airline travel.  Like any type A personality, I resent subjecting myself to security protocols beyond my control.  I resent surrendering to cram myself, along with 100 other passengers, into an oversized sardine can, then hoping that everyone involved — from the mechanics, to the pilot, to the folks in the flight control tower […]

Ode to the Toad

Ula had a little bug last week. It was pretty minor, just enough to make her lay low for a day, and fall asleep early. In truth, Bob and I take a little guilty pleasure from such moments, as we are able to actually have complete conversations and step across the living room rug without […]

Busy

It feels good to look at this and pat myself on the back for getting things done. But man, you should see my kitchen counters…   Posted with Blogsy

Best of Luck to a Special Person

Our little community of West Fulton is saddened that our post master, Cathy, is finally retiring. All day long yesterday, folks have been dropping by to bring homemade gifts — handmade inlaid cutting boards, sculptures of copper and stone, honey and maple syrup. We brought her a care package with flowers, soaps and candles, Saoirse […]

Pastured Turkey Cooking Tips

  The moment is at hand…it is time to process the turkeys, which hails the official end of this year’s growing season. Our farm valley will finally fall silent over the next two weeks, and following our family Thanksgiving feast, we will rest. For nearly twenty years now, our family has been raising turkeys out […]

The Wonders of Home

The Weston Price conference was wonderful and mind-expanding as always, and many thanks to all of you who turned out for my talk, and who asked such wonderful questions. You always give me much to ponder!   But now, it is so good to be home, where I walk around my kitchen, pad about the […]

Off to the Weston Price Conference…

I’m headed down to Atlanta today to spend the weekend at the ever-popular Weston Price International Conference. If any of you will be going, I’ll be speaking Sunday afternoon, talking about techniques for having a meat-based diet in times of ecological and economic crisis, based on my most recent book, Long Way on a Little. […]