“Don’t let your schooling interfere with your education.” ~Mark Twain “This is what the LORD says, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and…
Carving Out A Place
Edith Schaffer in “the Hidden Art of Homemaking” is a GEM— words to help me this past year in carving out a new place for *us* in this world. ⠀⠀⠀ “Here, wherever it is, is *your* spot. This place should be expressing something of yourself. It should be communicating something of you to your visitors,…
Musings from the Farm
//The green, green grass and blue, blue skies of Spring, and these babies delight the whole family nearly every day// … they even make it into Chamberlain’s prayers. When they hang out in the pasture near the house we see them kicking up heels and frolicking like they have not a care in the world.…
Mint + Citrus Buttermilk Panna Cotta
This recipe is the first Panna Cotta I ever made years ago and it continues to be my favorite! I didn’t know then that buttermilk isn’t typically found in Panna Cotta, but I love the flavor so much, and it makes the dish lighter than all heavy cream would do. In winter, can you beat…
Our Favorite Gingerbread Cookies
My original post about these cookies some six years ago was titled, “You Won’t Find Me With Other Gingerbread Men” 😂 and for good reason. They are easy, soft/chewy, and moms and children everywhere love them~oh and so do daddies! I always say that as long as my children are young, these will be our…
Leaf Dipping
The art of preserving and drying leaves is an old one, and I’m sure there are many ways to do it. I remember pressing, drying, and making bookmarks out of leaves and hand-printed Scripture with clear contact paper~remember that stuff? I was just a little girl then, sitting at the table and learning a handcraft…
Autumn Glory + Hearts Ablaze
Zombies, ghosts, skeletons, signs of death and creepiness were kind of in our face all week…and provided plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion among these young, inquiring minds. When I opened the Bible to read one morning, it was there as well. Huh? It kind of took me aback even though I’ve read it…
We’re Buying a…..Farm?!
Change is on the horizon for our family. A desire in Phil’s heart for long years + a dream born in both our hearts a little over a year ago … and here we are making a big life change. We’re moving!! I’m finally used to saying the words out loud. I whispered them at…
To Build Courage in Sons + Daughters
Open doors… even ones opened just a little are before each of us! Sometimes we have to wrestle them open all the way to do the thing Jesus is calling us to~and it takes unbelievably hard, grueling work! Have you read about Gladys Aylward? Oh my goodness, it’s phenomenal how she pushed open a door…
Rainy Day Work
Her face will stay with me for a long time, haunting my days~waking me in the nighttime hours. A beautiful young woman with the most gorgeous skin tone and curly brown hair~walking determinedly, loudly spouting off her reasons of why she had to do it. There was no other possible way. The rain fell steadily…