Category: Ethos
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Falling Free, a book review
I’m just going to come right out and say it: This is the best book I’ve read all year. And I’ve read a lot of goodies. If you’ve been inspired by the prose of Francis Chan or David Platt, then Shannan Martin’s Falling Free is for you. In fact, if Ann Voskamp and Jen Hatmaker miraculously conceived a love-child, she would…
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Operation: Drink More Water
There I was, minding my own business, when Bestie Kelsey went and posted this passive-aggressive helpful article on excessive sugar consumption on her wellness blog… Color me convicted. I admit it: I have a sweet tooth; and though I’m making strides to curtail my overall sugar consumption, I’ve got a looong way to go. The latest object of my sweet…
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Thrifting Tips (and a recent haul)
Currently, the girls are at horse camp and Little Man is peacefully napping. …I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble, thou hast known my adversaries… Miracle of miracles, he’s actually spent the entirety of the last three nights in his own bed– it seems the incentive chart Husband crafted is proving effectively motivating.…
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Back to Basics: Strategery for the Sleep-deprived Parent
I’m tired. No, for reals… woefully tired. Husband and I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in a month of Mondays, since a certain Little Someone is back to waking multiple times in the night*. It’s no secret that sleep has been a long-standing struggle under our roof. It seems in our haste to squelch re-occurring night-terrors we’ve…
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Countryside Menagerie
“To see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” -William Blake
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A Simple Star Wars Birthday
A long time (four years) ago, in a galaxy (country) far, far away, a young Jedi was born– one who would bring balance to the force (our family)… Little Man is four today! And officially obsessed with all things Star Wars. Heartbroken when he couldn’t join his sisters at the theater when it first released this past winter (he’s just not there…
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Kimchi from the Garden: a Full of Days guest post
Growing a vegetable garden is a family commitment of time and energy… Husband configures and constructs the beds, preps the soil, installs trellises, and lays ground cover. The kids enthusiastically sow the bulk of the seeds, introduce beneficial insects, and lend a hand in the harvest. I enjoy watering daily by hand, monitoring growth, tending weeds, and thinning the crop.…
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Constant Gardener
Mercy. I am a constant gardener: Constantly fighting to tame my wayward organic garden again this year. I love working in the garden, but do find that here in Montana it’s a lot of, well, work to grow one successfully. Though I lost thirty-two tomato starts to a late snowfall; though my daikon radishes have bolted and are…
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Simple Joy
Yesterday I turned thirty-#*@&^%. Accordingly, this was my anthem: The day prior, Handsome Husband whisked us all away to my happy-place (aka Jellystone, complete with requisite pic-in-ic basket)… … but the actual anniversary of my birth fell on a work-day; thus, I was left to my own devices to celebrate. Kids in tow, I set about indulging in some favorites, without apology: Free…
