I was tagged for the Liebster Award! Both Badass Romance and Emma Barry were kind enough to nominate this little blog. The Liebster Award is a way to pay it forward for smaller blogs. But I have to do some work to earn this award. I must: List 11 random facts about myself. Answer 11 … Read more
I really, really enjoy making my own bread. There’s nothing to equal the taste of bread fresh from your own oven, whether it’s white sandwich bread (which is so completely unlike white bread from the store, it’s entirely another species), crusty French bread, or soft, spongy pita bread, there’s nothing in the store to rival … Read more
No, not the kid from the Little Rascals. Or the Eddie Murphy impression from SNL. When describing the overall look of the chaparral, people often use the word “scrub”, meaning the low, bushy types of plants that make the mountains look as if they are covered with fur. California buckwheat is one of those plants … Read more
Yesterday, I finished my second full length novel! Well, to be honest, finished is maybe kind of too strong. When I write first drafts, they are very terrible–it’s really only dialogue and telling at this point. I force my characters to run the course of the plot so that I can figure out how they … Read more
My first experiment in homesteading–or at least the DIY spirit of homesteading–was with cloth diapers. Now, I had absolutely no experience with cloth diapering before that. It’s very popular now (I think Amalah’s series on cloth diapering is now longer than the Wheel of Time series), but I can certainly see why previous generations left … Read more