by Elizabeth Richie | Homespun, Homesteading Lifestyle, Slow Living
Welcome Homesteading Lifestylers! The Autumnal Equinox came and went on September 21st. So–just as they have done for centuries, I presume that the agrarian peoples around the globe have been celebrating their harvests and given thanks to their various...
by Elizabeth Richie | Homespun, Homesteading Lifestyle, Slow Living
Many long years ago, back in the 1990’s, I was living in a beautiful home-made house on the side of a forested hillside in West Virginia. I was homeschooling my two dear sons while my husband taught at a local high school. And as it happened, a close friend loaned me...
by Elizabeth Richie | Homespun, Homesteading Lifestyle, Slow Living
In my opinion, music should be a central feature of the Homesteading Lifestyle. Indeed, I believe art and especially music should be a part of everyone’s lifestyle, whether in the country, the city or in between. That’s my husband Larry and my son Isaiah playing the...
by Elizabeth Richie | Homespun, Homesteading Lifestyle, Slow Living
Don’t let it fool you. April can be cold in Wisconsin. Oh sure, we have some warm days in the 50’s and maybe even the 60’s; but lots of wind and wind chill off the lake; and just plain cold. I love it. Ha ha. That’s the “Homesteading Lifestyle” — Loving where you...
by Elizabeth Richie | Homespun, Homesteading Lifestyle, Slow Living
This photograph surely speaks a thousand words! What does it say to you? Like Father, Like Son? Walking in a field. Nothing like living the “homesteading lifestyle”? This was a field in West Virginia, in a time more settled and peaceful than the current...
