While not homemaking-related, this will be an item of interest for those who’ve enjoyed my book. Some time ago, I realized that I was in the neighborhood of the Amish schoolhouse where I taught during my second year of teaching. I asked my husband if he could pull into the driveway so I could take a picture. The schoolhouse sits…

I found out that trying to do too much without planning how best to accomplish it was like borrowing from a loan shark–it meant physical bankruptcy sooner or later. Nature may honor an overdraft for a time, but she extorts pay in the shape of wrecked health, discomfort to the family, and doctors’ bills. -Iowa Farm Woman, 1915 Does anyone…

from 1896– A day in which no breathing-space has been found is a wicked day. Not only is it our duty to the bodies which God has given to care properly for them, but it is, moreover, a positive duty to our fellow-man.  from 1879– People do not know how to divide between the needful and the needless; they forget…

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. If you’ve ever thumbed through an old cookbook, you can’t help but notice the pie chapter. It goes on and on and on. And every old cookbook has a different assortment of pie recipes. I could spend the rest of my life trying the many ways to fill a…