Come, Be Still

 November saw a lifetime-first for me! Baking with sourdough! My sister Elsa has a lovely einkorn sourdough starter going, so all I had to d...

 November 12th, 2025 God gave us a special show filling half the dome of the sky! Look closely in the green northern lights above to spot th...

 Elsa made her first white buns in over a decade! The old bakery-skills remain. While most were a gift for friends in their surgery week, we...

Amid hard frosts, lettuce throve in the cold-frame... ...and kale in the open air! It was time for more kale chips as well as some dehydrate...

 The Autumn work around home taught me a new lesson in humility this year. When a wild wind just after soybean harvest caused a brown ground...

 My view which prompted a sketch and watercolor-play: The results on the final page of this watercolor sketchbook: Looking back to the first...

This was a "first." • The first apple pie I have made in years • The first einkorn flour crust we have tried • And thus, the first...