Publisher's Note: The Origin of the Robin is a Chippewa story. Jane Johnston Schoolcraft said that all the Chippewa of her…
An intrepid, independent soul, Mollie Dorsey was a homesteader in her teens, a gold rusher in her twenties, worked as…
One of the questions that I get asked a lot is, "Why should I spin my own wool, and knit…
Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian mountaineers were, and are, an admirable people who…
If I were to just say the word “homestead” what would you envision? Maybe a family with several kids on…
“Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner…
As I sit here at the kitchen door, holding Maddie (my African Grey parrot) on my lap, with Baby Girl…
In the summer of 2016, a neighbor lady invited me and my daughter over to see the greenhouse that she…
My father was the youngest of seven children. He grew up on a farm where he lived until his father…
There is a taboo against eating horsemeat here in North America (as well as many other places in the world). …
The world of folk art is broad, eclectic, ongoing and wonderful. Folk art is accessible in a way that abstract…
Dreaming about living in the country is easy, even when you’re not quite there. Rural images ripple unbidden through burbling…