Author: Gracie

Here we have sweet little Tuula stuck in the doll cradle. She was a tad panicked, and as her mother ran for my camera, it brought me right back to a scene a few years ago…

She had just learned to...

You know, I’ve grappled about what to write about tonight. I was going to give you a lovely completed garden plan with lists of delectable varieties of heirloom plants I’m going to grow this year… but no. That will have to come next week. I promise a lovely garden...

Yesterday we had "family dinner" at our place, but turned it into a potluck/birthday party for Vera and my dear mother-in-law (who’s birthday is on the 9th. We thought they would share a birthday, but alas, my labor had other ideas). So, we had the whole family, Jeff’s side...

Today, it’s easy. Today I’m grateful for my little girl, Vera. I’m so grateful for her it makes my heart physically ache… I remember that night, 3 years ago. The night I became a mama. I will always remember that night.

We just tucked her in. We read her a...

I hope you’ll forgive my absence the past week. I was either nursing the sick or being sick myself (and I unfortunately got the worst of it!), and it hardly left me room to write, let alone think. But, today, dear Wednesday, I feel better! It was funny, too-...

I’ve decided to create a food labeling key, so that I can include all these details about some of our meals. I won’t do it all the time, but I thought it might streamline things when I do want to specify. So, here are the codes for the foods-...

Read this quote this morning, and it just resonated through my being.

‎"A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world; everyone you meet is your mirror" – Ken Keyes, Jr.

Yes. Yes yes. This morning I woke up feeling hopeful about the future....

You know, one of my favorite things about being a parent is the occasional quiet moments that enable us to see something through their young eyes. Like, when I walk by the playroom and hear Vera humming herself a little song, or I find a few toys in a...

So, I keep talking all this lacto-fermentation business, and the health of our guts and blah blah blah… Today my sister and I made some ginger carrot slices, and I thought I would just show you how incredibly easy and rewarding this pickling business can be. So come along,...

It was Friday, July 23rd, 2010. I was 40 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I had been feeling mild uncomfortable contractions all morning long, but I shrugged them off. I’d been having contractions for the past 2 weeks, and every night they’d just go away and I would find...