In less than two weeks, my book about my days as a schoolteacher in an Amish community will be available as an Amazon Kindle e-book. It’s been many years that I’ve wanted to share my unique experience, and I’m glad the day is almost here! Once upon a time, I was a teacher in a most unusual setting. I taught…

This post contains affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy here. Have you wondered what homemaking looked like during the Great Depression? Or, maybe you never thought about it? Either way, here is a little glimpse into the “modern conveniences” of the early 1900s. For the housewives who could afford to buy them, they made their lives significantly easier. Today’s Magazine, a…

A pie filling recipe, suitable for canning, which uses garden huckleberries

As much as New Year’s Day is a snore of a holiday for non-partying me, I love starting a new year. A fresh start, a new bullet journal, a chance to start over. I’ve heard it said that the 20s don’t technically begin this year, but actually start in 2021. Maybe that’s correct, but I’ll follow the crowd on this…