It’s January in Minnesota, which means the days are dark, bleak, cold and completely and utterly blah. It’s like this every year, but the older I get the more the change of seasons impacts my own state of being. I find myself bemoaning the fact […]

I haven’t blogged much through the holidays and while I could make the usual homeschool excuses – holiday baking, Christmas crafts, sewing costumes for the live nativity we put on in our backyard every year, etc – I know I should just be honest. I […]

Cooler temperatures and changing leaves mean that Winter is right around the corner – at least in Minnesota. That means the days of your chickens foraging in the run, pecking delightedly at bugs and soaking up sunlight, are severely numbered. (Boo.) Before the temperatures plummet, […]