Welcome To Our October Home
So it’s official! We’ve sold our home, and we are now homeless in a sense. We close on...
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Visiting The Frescos in West Jefferson, NC
This past summer, on a dreary Saturday, Dean and I finally got around to taking the boys to West...
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Thoughts On Decorating Our New Home & Keeping Things Realistic
No “Instaworthy” home photos here today. Nope. Today you get the real deal—the bare walls, dirty...
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Black Cats and Superstitions
Meet one of our cats, Oliver. He sits on the rail of the deck just outside my office window every...
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Raw Thoughts on Moving Off the Mountain
We have a little over a week left of life as we know it here on the mountain, and that’s a...
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Weekend Plans: September 20th, 2019
Why I do believe there’s a rainbow 🌈 in the clouds way over there! Can you see it? I know rainbows...
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Nature Walks & Fern Studies
On today’s nature walk, we explored the forest floor. We found dirt, rocks, pine needles, various...
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Homeschool Science Experiments
Homeschool mamas, when do you work science experiments into your homeschool schedule? We have a...
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The Gems of Autumn
I’m not a big gem person. I think they’re pretty, but I don’t really know a whole lot about them....
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On Meditating… Sort of by Mary Oliver
Meditation, so I’ve heard, is best accomplished if you entertain a certain strict posture....
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Harvesting & Preserving Elderberries
A couple of weeks ago, a friend let the boys and I come and forage elderberries on her property....
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Making Time For Rest In Life
I’ve been reading about making time for rest in our lives during my morning devotions, and while...
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I’m Meagan, a registered nurse turned herbalist, and I want to live life naturally. Follow along as my husband and I and our four sons figure out what natural living looks like for our family. And of course, I’d love for you to join me on this journey, too! There’s nothing better than having a good hiking buddy with a compass!
