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Fathers

Fathers

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!  ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836 It’s Father’s Day weekend and there is so much to say about fathers.  Father’s Day is a bittersweet remembrance for me.  My own father abandoned our family many years ago.  I haven’t seen him in [...]

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Excalibur Dehydrator Giveaway!

Excalibur Dehydrator Giveaway!

One of the kitchen tools I have yet to acquire is an Excalibur Dehydrator.  I long for it.  I pine for it.  I put it really, really, really high on my kitchen wish list… right up there with granite counter tops. So, you can imagine my glee when I saw that Keeper of the Home [...]

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My tomatoes are now trellised with bamboo trellises!

How does my garden grow? Glad you asked!

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Homemade Laundry Soap

Homemade Laundry Soap

This morning I attended a class on toxins in the home. One of the many things I was reminded of is that the laundry room is a hotbed of dangerous and highly toxic chemicals. One common family of chemicals in most laundry detergents on store shelves is petroleum distillates. As you can imagine, anything petroleum [...]

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