The Homestead Weekly

January felt like it was 1,000 days long, but I’m a bit incredulous that we’re already at the doorstep of March. That’s typically how February goes for me, though, just…

When I was younger, I was really into journaling and kept a diary of some sort or another from the time I was six until my mid-twenties. However, as the…

Now, to clarify, this is not a goodbye to the blog, of course—this will just be the last edition that fully takes place in our first little homestead. I don’t…

We are officially T-minus 12 days away from Moving Day, and things are finally starting to sink in—I am forwarding mail, sending packages to my mom and stepdad’s house (where…

I won’t lie to you–I treated this whole week like I was on holiday. No packing, minimal cleaning…it was like my whole self revolted against the packing and cleaning and…

The last two weeks have been insane. I mean, I know it’s only a precursor of what’s to come, but it’s still been insane. Nearly two weeks ago, on Monday…

Each week lately seems to have the amount of reflection and change and decisions and deliberating that you’d usually expect from a half a year, or at the very least…

This week was exhausting. I felt like my well of energy and emotional wellbeing started to become severely depleted by the end of the week, so I tried to take…

What a week. Like much of the nation, I’ve found myself thinking deeply this week about what I believe, and about why I believe what I believe. I’ve found myself…

After several weeks that felt like we were speeding right into summer, this week was a cold, drizzly one where we had not just one or two, but THREE frost…