Day four: a Sunday filled with a Solemn High Mass, lazy family time and lots of chickens! Look for the Gifts The Epistle this week included this verse from James: Dearly beloved, every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change […]
Day Two! We started our day bright and early with a 7am appointment to the pediatric dentist. The protocols are still pretty crazy with who/how many can go in at one time, so it’s all hands on deck: I hold down the fort in the car while Mark takes different sets of kids inside. I’m […]
The past two months have been an absolute whirlwind. We’ve been in a heads down, go-go-go hustle season and can I just admit that I’m tired? So content, so happy, but so tired. I’ve also had terrible writer’s block, unable to come up with anything interesting to write about, but I miss this creative outlet […]
This post contains affiliate links. #31. THE BAKER’S DAUGHTER by Sarah McCoy ★★☆☆☆ Another book from the beginning of my Goodreads TBR list. This was a dual-perspective novel set in two time periods: 1940s Nazi Germany and current day El Paso, Texas. The modern day protagonist is a journalist for a local magazine who interviews the […]
We had such a wonderful Spring Break week, the perfect mix of hard work and relaxation. Our biggest project of the week involved moving the broilers out to pasture. They seem really happy to be out in the sunshine and fresh air and I am super happy to have them out of my garage! I […]
A QUOTE There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us. And on the far side of every cross […]
Oof, did I really miss another two months of Mother Culture? I seem to be unable to consistently invest in myself in this way! Thankfully, I’m no quitter and I’m going to try again in April. My five assignments for the month: ASSIGNMENT #1: Complete a month-long nature phenology wheel. ASSIGNMENT #2: Write a creative […]
Happy Easter! We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song! We are on Spring Break this week and I’m looking forward to a healthy mix of relaxation and getting caught up on life. The weather outside is // As I look outside my window // Spring has arrived! The grass seems to have turned […]
For Lent this year, our family gave up screens. I hate to blame everything on the “‘rona”, but fewer places to go and endless news updates had us all falling into some poor habits the past year. We slowly became passive consumers, spending far too much time staring at glowing boxes and not nearly enough […]
This post contains affiliate links. #22. PRETENDING TO DANCE by Diane Chamberlain ★★☆☆☆ I’ve had my Goodreads account since 2011 and for the past year, I have been trying to go back and actually read some books from my “to be read” shelf. This has become a bit of an experiment because I no longer […]
Today seems like a big accomplishment: this is my 500th post written since we moved to the farmhouse! It seems fitting, then, that this post is about us embarking on another new adventure. After years of talking and planning, dipping our toes in here and there, we’re finally pressing the gas on our little homestead! […]
This post contains affiliate links. It’s been an entire year since I last linked up with Top Ten Tuesday! Today’s prompt is to share the books on my Spring TBR and here are ten that are on my radar: 1 // My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante This was the book chosen for The Booktube […]
This post contains affiliate links. February was an awesome reading month for me (I blame it on the relentlessly bad winter weather) and I read 11 books! Here are a few things I learned about myself during that time: I can only read so much about World War II at one time. In all, I […]
This post contains affiliate links. #11. THE THINGS THAT KEEP US HERE by Carla Buckley ★★★☆☆ If a Hallmark movie/women’s fiction novel and an apocalyptic novel had a baby, it would be this book. It follows a mother of two, who allows her soon-to-be ex-husband back into the house after an H5N1 outbreak wreaks havoc on […]