“My Boy” and I started out fourteen years ago, he fresh from a bank job, and I, from the schoolroom. We knew almost nothing about farming, but felt as truly “called” as Abraham did in the days of old. “They’ll be back in town within two years,” our friends prophesied. But we’re still here. After seven years of stock-share renting…

“I have observed that we are now faced with a lesson our ancestors never even dreamed of having to learn–that is the lesson of knowing how to stay at home and enjoy the blessings of home culture.” -1905 The writer goes on to mention the early 1900s trends of “rapid transit, cheap rates, and easy theatricals” that have made people…

Do you have a good homemaking routine? A Housewife Writes focuses on several recurring themes common to women everywhere.  One of them is managing time and finding the right homemaking routine. It’s interesting to read about different approaches, because what works for one may help someone else–or not.  So from time to time, we present different women’s strategies. Here is…

For the last couple of years I’ve noticed turned-up noses when it comes to jams, jellies, and all preserves in general. It seems to be on the Not Trendy list at the moment. It’s baffling to me. Maybe people are trying to avoid sweets (doubtful, given the other things they eat copiously) or people don’t see jam as anything but…