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Kids in Church
This blog post has me reflecting on the place of children in the Orthodox church and our choices as parents. In the Orthodox church children typically attend services with adults. There may be a cry room for the inevitable temper … Continue reading
Two and a Half Jobs
Between us, Matt and I work two and a half jobs – his full-time job, my part-time job, and full-time childcare. This reality has really come home to me this week as I approach a work deadline. I work on … Continue reading
Christ is Risen!
Christ is Risen! For those in the Orthodox faith, this past weekend marked our Pascha (aka Easter). This was one of many years that the date of Pascha did not match up with the date of Western Easter. We had … Continue reading
Homesteaders need Community
The house we rent in Kentucky is across the street from two of our best friends and fellow homesteaders. It’s nice having friends nearby for impromptu Saturday night fish fry’s or brewing parties. But as homesteaders, community is more than … Continue reading
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Tutorial: Build a composter from a trash can
For several years we’ve had the problem of overflowing our little tumble composter. Now that we have a little more space (and don’t have to sneak around “refuse” policies), we can finally expand to a second composter. Here are instructions … Continue reading
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Forever Homestead: Cautiously Optimistic
Our path to our forever homestead hasn’t been so much a straight line as a drunken-stagger-in-the-general-vicinity-of-a-homestead. It took us awhile to define what, precisely, we wanted. Even now details are sketchy. But every stagger closer helps us define what we … Continue reading
Beginnings of a cottage garden
Our new house has one small raised bed for vegetables. Although the landlords don’t want us to dig up sod for a bigger vegetable garden, we’ve been given more of less free-range on the existing landscaped beds around the house. … Continue reading
I am not a craft blogger: Part 2
I finished this over a week ago but what with potty training, work deadlines, and general disgust with the project I’m just now getting around to posting about it. After ripping seams (and ripping seams and ripping seams), I made … Continue reading
A knitted surprise
I have spent the last week working on a surprise for Julie. I told myself I would put away the knitting needles and move on to other endeavors but as it turns out you can’t tuck a sewing machine under … Continue reading
Cloth Diapers: So easy a toddler could do it
At my baby shower a well-meaning lady asked me: “You do know what you’re getting into, right?”. After obsessively reading the internet to learn about all the options, we did have a pretty good idea of what we were getting … Continue reading