• Community,  Keeping It Real

    What Do YOU Need?

    I’m growing weary of continually crying out to have my needs met, even though it’s not so much my needs that I’m looking to have filled — it’s more of my children’s needs. And really, it is also the needs of those around me that I’m seeking to help fill, but I don’t think people realize they need what I have to offer. Everybody seems to be getting their needs met elsewhere, or at least they think that’s what is happening. And for some, that is what is happening. But for many, I don’t think that’s the case. Unmet Needs I think people are lonely. And deep down they all…

  • Community,  Homesteading,  Keeping It Real,  Videos

    The World We Live In

    In 2019, I did a series of videos speaking on my understanding of what the real world is — the one not made by human hands, and the world within it in which we all live. In my first video, I laid out what I see the natural world consists of and its naturally designed order of operation. This designed order is what I often refer to as the Natural Order. We all live in that world, but I believe many of us are distracted from paying much attention to it. And, unfortunately, I think most people are blind to its designed order of operation because of the artificial world…

  • Cows grazing grass.
    Community,  Homesteading

    Not Just Homesteading

    When my husband chose to change his lawncare strategy a decade & a half ago and brought in cows to mow the front yard and goats to clear the brush in the back, we naturally started becoming homesteaders. And when we decided to do more with the dirt that surrounded our home than simply travel on it and began to sow seed & transplant starter plants, bushes & trees into it, we naturally began to become food producers and eventually gardeners. Today, those who drive by our property can see that we are a bit over-the-top in our homesteading. We have way more animals roaming the land than we really…

  • February 2024 calendar
    Keeping It Real

    Happy New Year!

    I know my greeting is coming a little late for those who recognize a January-December calendar year, but in my understanding, a year is not defined by months, let alone limited to a fixed start & end. A year is a repeat of a series of days. Therefore, every day is the end of the last year and the start of a new year. So declaring, “Happy New Year!” in my view is an appropriate exclamation to make and sentiment to share on a daily basis. However, there was a specific prompt to my posting this declaration today. I just read James Corbett’s February 4th, editorial, entitled 2024 and The…

  • Keeping It Real,  Money

    Banks Are In Trouble

    Here is the latest video from Gregory Mannarino, who I believe is a voice crying in the wilderness calling on people to “unbank themselves” because the banks are in severe trouble — still. He is continually warning people about the financial trouble we are in — not just our US economy, but the world’s economy. It is serious. I believe it is wise for all of us to acknowledge the truth, align ourselves with it (in other words stand under it, which is what it means to “understand” something) and adjust our behavior to reflect what we’ve come to know & understand. I hate the thought of anyone having their…

  • Books
    Community,  Homesteading

    Free Books at the Homestead Stand

    Years ago, when we first built our Homestead Stand, I had toyed with the idea of putting a Little Free Library at the front edge of our property. (I was trying to think how we could better serve our neighborhood and get folks in the local area to come around.) But, with all the other things going on around here, that thought got put onto the back, back burner.

  • Money

    The Great Taking

    Yesterday I came across a book that was published earlier this year called, The Great Taking by David Rogers Webb. (It’s available for free online as a .pdf. And there’s a documentary available to watch addressing some of what’s covered in the book.) I read it all in one sitting and found the information very enlightening. (I also appreciated learning more about the author’s backstory, found in the prologue of the book.) The opening paragraph of the first chapter states: What is this book about? It is about the taking of collateral, all of it,the end game of this globally synchronous debt accumulation supercycle. This is being executed by long-planned,…

  • Homesteading,  House,  Kitchen

    Preserving Food for the Long Haul

    With the gardens being put to bed, the days getting shorter and the temperatures getting colder, I’ve been turning more of my attention indoors. It is time for me to fire up the freeze dryer again. 🙂 We acquired this machine last year when we needed to free up a bunch of space in our chest freezers to make room for the next batch of cows we were having processed. And I must say, I have found that purchase to be one of our best investments ever made.

  • Faith,  Keeping It Real

    Christians, Test Your Worldview

    For all the Christians out there, how well do you really know what the Bible says? Have you studied to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth? Or have you trusted your leaders to teach you the truth and then leaned on their understanding of the Bible to shape your worldview? In Whom Have You Put Your Trust? I’m afraid there are a lot of lost sheep in the world who believe they have found their way because they are in the company of other sheep who all follow a shepherd, showing them which way to go,…

  • Keeping It Real

    Bye-Bye Travel As We’ve Known It

    The Great Travel Reset is currently underway, and I’m afraid most people are unaware. Several years ago now, I heard of “net zero” through Ice Age Farmer and came to understand the PTSB’s plans to transform transportation worldwide — by eliminating carbon emissions to net zero. Essentially, they want to destroy our modern transportation system. And I’m not just talking about restricted air travel. They want to take away our cars. Whether or not they are able to pull off their net zero agenda, the fact remains… Life as we’ve always known it (& currently experience) is going to change drastically. And I have to ask, Are we prepared to…