We have moved swiftly into spring. Maple Syrup has been such a life saver for me in that it carries me through the worst of winter. I always come out of the holidays feeling like I’ve got nowhere to land. By the time the sap has stopped running suddenly I am waking up so much Read more

Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of closing on our house. We moved almost everything in that afternoon because I was so excited. I developed insomnia and was still commuting to Ann Arbor for work and naturally the next day my doula client went into labor! This was such an exciting time but looking back I Read more

Posted March 2nd. I am writing this from an exhausted state. My feet are too sore to stand, my eyes are dry, the skin around my knuckles is cracked, and despite being inside for over an hour I am still chilled. Our Sunday was centered around tapping our maple trees. We have not tapped our Read more

Hello from the other side!  I normally have a good idea of what I want to say and go through the past month’s photos to remember everything. After two months that seemed to bleed into one another I didn’t have much to share. Even after going through photos there wasn’t much material to work with. Read more

All the usual plus an announcement! For a month my night brain has been on overload. Every night has been filled with dreams. It is exhausting especially considering them some have been bordering on psychic. Only one, a non psychic one, has had a grip on me. In the dream I am doing the mundane Read more

For many people Halloween is not a time of rest. This year, at our house, it will be a much needed breather. Jadzia is too young for trick-or-treating but we will be attending the Ypsi Library Halloween Event on Friday. Otherwise we will be at home decorating pumpkins, eating autumnal food, and resting in front Read more

I can’t imagine how many times in my adult life I have scoffed and thought “unbelievable” as someone I really like fails to update their blog/social media/whatever on a regular basis. The audacity! I was that person this summer and felt deeply annoyed with myself. While I consider writing my oldest and truest gift, I Read more

This is the month of acknowledging mistakes. It is one thing to spend the spring and summer muttering to yourself “well that’s not doing very well yet” and another entirely to turn around and take a look at your garden for what it is. There is no going back at this point, every herb, flower, Read more

Now that I am thoroughly documenting my homesteading I have become acutely aware of Michigan’s brief growing season. May is for meditation! What to wear in the swiftly shifting weather, memorizing the pattern of morels, gazing deeply into the newly warmed forest floor, sorting seedlings into the garden. Then all of a sudden it is Read more

After telling my father in law he could cut down the cherry trees for firewood because they no longer made fruit… they pulled a fast one on us. For the first time in three years they are full of cherries. We don’t know what kind they are, varying in golden pink and true cherry red. Read more