• thinly slicing cabbage
    Food,  Health,  Homesteading

    A Cabbage Morph

    I’ve had a head of cabbage in my refrigerator that I purchased 2 weeks ago to make sauerkraut. I kept forgetting about it. Today was the day I remembered and I began the process of morphing cabbage into a wondrously healthy side dish with thousands of microscopic beasties to boost…

  • me in post-op
    Health

    Round Two

    It hurt, but only for a moment. The outcome is worth it. Unfortunately, the steroid injection I had in my lower back to relieve the pain that was done in May had worn off somewhere around the beginning of October. I had put it off long enough and now time…

  • Grandpa holding grandson
    Family,  Health

    The Grandchildren Visit

    A Good Time Was Had By All We had weekend guests. Our middle son, Jared, brought his two sons; Sebastian and Oberon, home for a two day stay. We don’t get to see them very often since they live out of state. We are always thankful and blessed when they…

  • Grandma holding me to swim in the lake
    Faith and Spirituality,  Family,  Health

    Grandma’s Legacy

    My father’s mother, Maude, lived to be just two weeks shy of her 110th birthday. As you can imagine, living that many years inevitably causes influence by osmosis. Grandma was born in 1906 and grew up living in a coal mining town in Pennsylvania. Her father immigrated from the coal…