Last summer, as I was finishing up making a dress, Billy declared he wanted to make a quilt. It was a convenient time to help him start, as I already had my sewing basket out, and had recently re-organized all of my fabrics, scraps, and projects. I had cut many denim quilt blocks from old [...]
Archive for November, 2008
So What About You?
Posted in Ministries - Spreading spiritual wealth, Uncategorized, tagged working together on November 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well. This blog isn’t exactly as I pictured it when I began, but I like what it’s becoming. It has gained enough of a readership that I’ve become curious…who are you? Very few of you have left comments, and I haven’t had much other way of telling what sort of people you are. So drop me a [...]
But of Course
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fiction, Mark Twain, Mark Twain quotes, quote, quotes, truth on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Mark Twain
The Hope That Is In Me
Posted in Inspirations for Life and Projects, Ministries - Spreading spiritual wealth, What Does the Bible Say?, tagged 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter, afterlife, Bible, bindweed, blessings, bride, Christ, Christ's disciples, Christian, Christianity, church, creation, Earth, Ephesians, Eternity, fruit, goat, goats, God, God's Word, heaven, holiness, holy, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, horse, horses, husband, II Corinthians, II Peter, Isaiah, Jesus, marriage, martyr, Messiah, New Earth, New Jerusalem, pain, power, Prince of Peace, religion, religious, Revelation, Richard Wurmbrand, saint, Scripture, Scripture teaching, Scriptures, sex, sin, St. John, suffering, thorns, torture, Tree of Life, Universe, Voice of the Martyrs, wife on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have a friend who has been asking a lot of questions. He’ll drop in anytime he likes, and ask things like, “What is the evidence your husband loves you?” “You really like your life the way it is?” “You actually use your wood stove – to cook on – and enjoy it?” ” “You actually [...]
K-10′s birthday – One Spoiled Pooch
Posted in Celebrations, Food and Recipes, My Life and Family, tagged birthday, birthday cake, birthday party, cake, Celebrations, German Shepherd, German Shepherd Dog, ground beef, hamburger, home protection, home protection dog, hotdog, K-10, party on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, due to my husband’s love for his dog, we celebrated K-10′s birthday, with almost the same fanfare as we did Billy’s and Tyger’s. First, Billy colored a birthday hat for him… …which he didn’t like very much, poor thing. Then, we served him a ground beef cake, with boiled eggs and a hotdog. [...]
Firewood Blessings
Posted in My Life and Family, Uncategorized, tagged blizzard, Christmas, construction, cookstove, creation, elm tree, fire wood, firewood, German Shepherd, German Shepherd Dog, God, Jack Frost, micro burst, nature, October, September, snow, Thanksgiving, wood stove, wood stoves, working together on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We got a lucky break last September. Actually, I don’t believe in luck, so let’s call it our Creator’s interest in us. An acquaintance offered us a great stack of firewood for cheap – cheaper than we could have cut it ourselves, accounting for time. The man we bought our German Shepherd stud dog from had a micro-burst [...]
How to Make Half-Whole-Wheat Tortillas
Posted in Food and Recipes, My Life and Family, Traditional and Self-Sufficient Skills, tagged beans, beef, cheese, cheeses, cooking, cookstove, eggs, food, goat cheese, how to make tortillas, knead, kneading, making tortillas, marble rolling pin, mozzarella cheese, quesadillas, rolling pin, steak, tortillas, Uloo, Ulu, whole wheat, wood stoves on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had somebody come over today, as soon as I had got it settled in my mind to make quesadillas for lunch. So I went ahead and showed him how. This friend watched, and chatted, while I ground fresh wheat flour… …mixed the ingredients…kneaded the dough…then rolled and baked the tortillas. He seems to find it amazing [...]
French Chevre Goat Cheese
Posted in Food and Recipes, tagged cheese, cheese ball, cheese log, cheese making, cheesecloth, cheeses, cooking, cream cheese, cultured buttermilk, food, French chevre cheese, French chevre goat cheese, goat cheese, goat milk, graniteware, how to make cheese, liquid rennet, muslin, raw goat milk, raw milk, recipe, rennet, self-sufficiency, stock pot, traditional skills, whey, whole goat milk on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This basic recipe is taken from Goats Produce Too! – The Udder Real Thing, Volume II, by Mary Jane Toth. French Chevre is a simple cheese to make, but requires exactness in measuring ingredients, and care in obtaining the freshest possible cultured buttermilk. Therefore, pay attention. Also, it takes a long time to ripen, and another [...]
Cattail Cranberry Muffins
Posted in Food and Recipes, Wildfoods and Foraging, tagged baking, cattail flour, cattails, chocolate, chocolate chips, cranberries, cranberry muffin recipe, food, fruit, fruits, muffin recipe, muffins, oat flour, pancakes, recipe, wildfoods, working together on November 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Continuing our experiments with wildfoods, we decided to try cattail flour muffins. I woke up the morning of November 3rd with the whole process layed out in my head: 1) Clear laundry off the drying lines downstairs so I could use my grain grinder down there to grind fresh wheat; 2) use half wheat and half cattail fuzz in [...]
Collecting Cattails, and Smiles
Posted in Food and Recipes, Gardening and Plants, Home Schooling/Unschooling, My Life and Family, Traditional and Self-Sufficient Skills, Wildfoods and Foraging, tagged abundance, cattail flour, cattails, creation, deer, deer rifle, food, German Shepherd, German Shepherd Dog, gun, hunting, K-10, nature, November, rifle, self-sufficiency, Thankfulness, wildfoods, working together on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had a glorious time together on the evening of the 3rd. It was still, and had been pleasantly warm most of the day. So we went on an outing. After we tried a couple cattail fuzz recipes, and liked them (except hubby), we decided we’d better collect a lot more – enough to last until next cattail season, [...]
