Anyone old enough to remember the classic Looney Tunes cartoons is familiar with Pepé Le Pew, the amorous French skunk…
There are a few, a lucky few, folks who were born on the family farm, grew up on the family…
Carving out a homestead is a fantasy of many a young boy. Even now, when Saturday morning programming does not…
For centuries now, owning a home or plot of land has been a linchpin in the mythology of the American…
For the third time, my husband Donnie and I were making a foray into Holmes County, Ohio, home to the…
Early in 2009, while the country was swept up in talk of bailing out banks and saving our national bacon,…
The very nature of living on a homestead is such that it generally involves living in isolated, rural environments. Many…
Once upon a time, everyone could find an elder, even if it wasn’t in their own family, who had ties…
When sitting at the computer I have only to look slightly left to see a substantial part of my rural…
If homestead life has you feeling harried, hurried, and stressed on a daily basis, barely feeling like you’ve got enough…