Author Archives: katy
Mastery
Today I conquered another thing I’ve always wanted to be able to cook well: Soft white dinner rolls. My entire family loves them, and I’ve never been able to make them, only beginning yeast breads a few years ago, once … Continue reading
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Arise
I just pulled two loaves of bread from the oven. They’re cooling, and the cozy smell of baking is warming against the chill of impending dusk. Bread is a hard set of lessons, and I’ve yet got a way to … Continue reading
horizon cliff
The boys just drove off in the truck a bit ago. I’m almost never left alone here. (Is being with 37 domestic fowl, 13 cats, two hogs, and a hound alone?) In the first twenty minutes, I fished out a … Continue reading
Homestead Perfect
So I don’t recall which one of the homestead personalities said it, but: “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” By which is meant that we tend to struggle so much with the worry we need to get something … Continue reading
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Am I a Homesteader?
So here I am, making my very daunting first post on this shiny new blog. With the rollover of 2024, the start of a new year, it is a good time to make goals. Especially because we’re just beginning to … Continue reading
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