Simple Living

An English country kitchen has a warm and welcoming aura, you can feel it as soon as you step foot inside. A hot cup of tea and a fresh loaf of sourdough bread awaits you, like a warm hug from…

A well-stocked shelf of homesteading books is essential when starting your homestead. There is a lot of good information on the internet, but I always like to have some reliable books on hand. Plus the internet doesn’t have it all,…

There is something special about stovetop potpourri. I love it especially on a chilly fall morning when the ground is still covered in frost, and it’s time to turn the heat on. It fills your home with a cozy, warm…

You may or may not have noticed that I took a little end-of-summer hiatus from posting on the blog. But I swear there is a really good reason… I got married! This post will be a bit different from my…

Antique stores take me all the way back to early childhood. My mother loves antique shopping, and I would go with her often when I was younger. I picked out a little trinket box and I used to put random…

Organic essential oils have been gaining more and more popularity in the health industry over the last decade. Most consider essential oils “better” than artificial fragrances and perfumes. I have heard time and time again that organic essential oils are…

When the days get longer and hotter, it’s my sign to make sun tea. Have you ever had it before? If you haven’t, you are in for a treat! Sun tea is a southern summer staple (say that 3X fast)…

Have you have ever tasted sauerkraut before? If you have, you know that the strong sour taste is unlike many other things you can find in the prominent Western diet. A diet full of processed foods, refined sugars, chemicals, dyes,…