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I lost my Beloved, my “Significant Other,” on a shocking morning in the middle of the cold month of February—in Wisconsin. He had had a serious surgical procedure the day before he died and as I dozed on a couch in his hospital room, I awoke to see him sitting dazed...

One day while in my dorm in college, I, Elizabeth Richie, did something I very, very rarely did. I turned on my roommate’s television.  I don’t really know what possessed me! I should have been studying.  But I became hooked! What appeared on my screen was the BBC’s...

It’s snowing! Time to switch to Snow Talk!  Or should I say, “Snow Snalk”? Or “Snow Snock”? Once upon a time, a long time ago, some 60 years ago, my sister and I were walking in our quiet neighborhood. It was dark. The neighborhood was peaceful. And the street lights...

Do you Appreciate the good things in your life? Do you Celebrate the good things in your life? Do you count your blessings every day? You do? Congratulations! Whoopee! Yes, Yes! Yes! Good for you! Nowadays, there are numerous life coaches and spiritual teachers that...

There’s no patch like a pumpkin patch! Or is there? This wondrous display of an October Harvest is about 5 miles down the road from where I live in Wisconsin and it is ENORMOUS, GARGANTUAN, and “Mouth Dropping”—to say the least! BUT, to be clear and rather picky, this...

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 ancestors,...

Corn Mother’s Wisdoms for Homespun Living Welcome Homesteading Lifestylers! Can it already be the last days of August? Yes indeed! So if you are like me, you’ve been enjoying the height of the locally grown vegetable season. God, we Americans are blessed! In small...

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...

Welcome Homesteading Lifestylers! Could we ask for anything more than June's blue skies, warm sunshine and maybe a bit more Slow Living?   Here’s a WONDERFUL description of the homesteading lifestyle from back in the good ole days.  No, it’s not a poem, its a...

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...