This week is Michaelmas, the equinox, the start of autumn. It’s still hot, but not like some years. In the evenings, the wind sweeps over the east hill at the farm, and blows cool. It blows colored, dying leaves down, too, and twists the yellowing bramble bushes. Some years we really celebrated this holy time,…
Category: Celebrating
31 – And A Grain-free Non-Chocolate Chocolate Cake Recipe
Saturday made 31 years since I was born. We spent the morning stuffing sausages – three different kinds. They are delicious, and we have 18 lbs of them. It was a good birthday. Later I made a grain-free non-chocolate chocolate cake (if I eat chocolate, I can’t sleep for days). Lately everyone has been…
Valentine’s Day Hearts (Refined Sugar-Free/Grain-Free)
This year was the first Valentine’s day we have celebrated in a LONG time, although goodness knows I’ve tried! I always have pink, red and white felt and construction paper on hand, and plans for heart-shaped desserts, but we always end up being sick. It all started five years ago when we got the Norovirus…
A Birthday Bouquet
Last week as I was looking out of the window while we were driving back from the feed store, I remarked how I couldn’t believe people weren’t out along the roadside gathering gorgeous armfuls of the beautiful spring flowers. The hairy mullein is especially dramatic, sending out twisting flower spires. Unfortunately, I think that most people…
Celebrating Easter
Easter is one of my favorite holidays. I love how strongly the old pagan customs are still involved in our lives – and in the Christian churches most of all! It must have been so important, this holiday, that people just refused to give it up. I love the strong fertility symbols that are still…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 