“You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and training them up in God's fear, and minding the house, and making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts." -Charles Spurgeon

Have you started any seedlings for your garden yet? Depending on where you live, you can start now. I have heirloom, non GMO kale, tomatoes and jalapeno seeds started. In a few weeks I will start spinach, carrots, green onion and herbs 😎

Our most recent podcast with special guest, Siege, a wife/ mother/homesteader.

The first half covers radical right wing moms growing veggies...

And the second half covers the complexities of highly prized animal manure, raising rabbits in order to butcher and consune their flesh as well as sew garments from their pelts...

...just European women things...

https://news.1rj.ru/str/Hearth_and_Helm

ANNOUCEMENT: Our second annual Writing Competition is now live!

The theme for this year is "Small Victories". We are looking for stories and poems about personal triumphs and sacred things preserved, things that may not receive massive fanfare, but that are necessary, good, and beautiful nonetheless. This could be the birth of a child, the planting of a seed, the overcoming of a vice, a victory over an enemy, or anything else you think is relevant to the prompt. We encourage you to get creative with it and not to stick to clichés! The mood could be pensive, hopeful, inspirational, somber, melancholy, or anything else – but we remind entrants that we don’t solicit material that is gratuitously crass or disgusting, even if you think it makes a good point.

There are two submission categories: Poetry (of any style) and Short Story (fiction).

Two $600 prizes for best in each category
Two $400 prizes for the runner-up in each category

More information: https://antelopehillpublishing.com/event/

Throwback to when you could have conversations and wake people up without getting eliminated from the public social sphere...

Circa 2019 or 2020. Always remember, they fear us. They try to ban/eliminate/destroy us because we are a threat to their evil agenda. Spreas the truth and stand up for what is right anyway!

Sweet Home 💗

These two were galloping around in my driveway then ran when I came to see what all the ruckus was 😄🦌🦌

Here is a video with the coming Spring morning sounds of our homestead — you can't hear the river in this video, but the other sounds were picked up.

We sit each morning on the porch greeting our day and drinking our coffee together. I pray outside. The sounds change by season. The sun comes into the valley little by little, illuminating the pastures. Blessed life 🤍

Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye
Kissing with golden face the meadows green
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy
Shakespeare, Sonnet 33

Delicious vegan pumpkin soup for Lent tonight :)

https://wellvegan.com/lunch/creamy-pumpkin-soup-with-pasta-and-spinach

Making fresh marinara sauce! 😋

Heat 2 TBS olive oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add 3 finely diced shallots and sauté until tender (4 min). Add 4 cloves finely diced garlic and cook 1 min more.

Add 28 oz crushed tomatoes, 2 tsp dried oregano and 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes. Simmer until sauce thickens, about 10 min. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Squash & kale pasta with leeks and almonds for dinner tonight! 😋

https://wellvegan.com/dinner/roasted-delicata-squash-pasta-with-kale

Anyone else get snow? After a freezing cold, snowy weekend we are back in the 60s. Come on Spring!! 😄☀️