Bread Kits: Part One – Ingredients You'll Need

© Printmaster It seems we are all looking for ways to bring better nutrition to our families, cook more at home, and generally to be more self-sufficient these days. You can begin to introduce a healthier lifestyle by making your own bread, and with a little planning, it can fit into the schedule of the…

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Why I Make Home-made Bread, and Why You Should Try It, Too

First of all, let me qualify everything that I am about to say: I don’t always have homemade bread in the house.  Life happens and schedules don’t always go as planned. In fact, since my thyroid tanked earlier in the year, this has been a great struggle for me, and as my life is slowly…

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An Autumn Update

© Cindy Guthrie With the changing seasons, well – specifically when summer changes to fall – I always have this unexplainable urge to move furniture and redecorate. One quick, easy and inexpensive way to change the feel your your decor is to update flower arrangements in the home. Today I changed the arrangement on my desk from…

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"Praise be to the name of God…"

“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells in…

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Time Marches On…

Katie, Cody, and fellow homeschooler Haley at the Tennessee Aquarium More time has passed here at our little homestead, and time again brings changes. On July 13th we lost our beloved dog Sue to cancer. We miss her very much, and we still find ourselves looking for her now and then. There have been good…

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A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Since I was last able to post, my thyroid condition has continued to deteriorate. Fortunately, my doctor has informed me that today she will make an adjustment to my medication. Yeah! Perhaps things can start to improve soon. Too bad I had to gain over 25 lbs in less than six months…ain’t that grand? (NOT!)…

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Printing our school-books

As Katie is finishing her World Geography course, it’s time for me to prepare her history books for her high school World History Curriculum. One of the sources we will use is called The Great Events by Famous Historians, originally published in 1905 and available in part on gutenberg.org. I found a the complete set, in…

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Canning Chicken & Bone Broth

Today I am canning chicken and bone broth, in addition to our school day. Since the canner is going, I thought I’d take a minute to show you how I prepare our home-canned chicken. I start with chicken breasts, thighs and legs, bone in, and cook in the crock pot for about 24 hours, adding…

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Good thing I don't believe in ghosts…

…because if I did, this picture would make me want to call Ghostbusters… Good thing I know this is just a reflection off the lid on my stew pot…or I’d swear a cat was looking through my wall at me! You have to admit, though, it’s pretty creepy… There’s joy on this journey, on my…

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It's a Great Day for Psalm 118

all photos copyright Cindy Guthrie Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.” Let those who fear the LORD say: “His love endures forever.” In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and…

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