Prairie Garden

I just frittered away an hour doing two things: 1) Paging through the "old school" pictures of an elementary school classmate on F...

Truen got his cast off today - his little right leg was furry, scaly, and softer and smaller than his left leg. Saaaaad. But he's walkin...

Diego self-initiated a spontaneous interest in drawing letters this week. (He's 4.5) We were coloring with sidewalk chalk with the cousi...

After almost a week of gallivanting and visiting with family and friends, Diego said it best last night as he ran inside to go potty. "...

As I was reading The Marvelous Journey Through the Night aloud to Truen this morning, a book about sleepy-time dreams, a particular portion...

I forgot . . . I left something out . Does everyone know that one of our future goals is to operate a CSA ...? Still a few years out, but de...

Our garden is half-planted (we are 18 days ahead of last year): peas, kale, cabbage, spinach, leeks, lettuce, two rows of potatoes, a new as...

I adore David Bowie. Be My Wife is one of my favorite songs, off my favorite album, Low, cut my favorite year, 1977. And, in addition to ...

This afternoon, Diego cried piteously over the fact that he cannot marry me when he grows up. "But I want you to be my wife!" he w...

Just checking in to say -- Having a 2.5 year old with a broken leg is a lot like having a baby again, only this baby is enormous, cranky, an...

For the record, two year olds can break bones. Yup. And yikes . Truen and Diego were happily wrestling and playing around on Thursday nigh...

My brother and SIL introduced this song to me just this week...and I think I might be obsessed. I have had it on repeat all morning; I am l...

We just finished with a stint of conjunctivitis. I am so pleased to report that we eradicated it on our own! Home remedy. We blotted out sin...

Hundreds pack raw milk hearing in Eau Claire Hours of testimony Wednesday's hearing at Chippewa Valley Technical College attracted about...

Diego has been taking a lot of pictures recently and I have really enjoyed seeing our home through his eyes. It's nice to have some fres...

I'm very good at skiing. I have a kind of knack For I can do it frontways And also on my back. And when I reach the bottom I give a sudd...

You've seen it, right??? If you haven't, use whatever means you have available to you to see it - library, retail, rent, borrow, Ne...

These books have changed my life. They've given force and direction to my then-vague, now robust whole foods gut-instinct. Fat Land: Ho...

Truen is two. Yesterday afternoon we were outside, stomping on the ice in the driveway, as Squeeze drove in. Truen saw him and announced, ...

A lot of people have asked me for the recipe for the Coconutty-Almondy-Chocolatey-JOY in my last post about my battle against the void of re...