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Living on a Little: What Laura Ingalls and Life Taught Me About Faith and Frugality Senior Homesteading | The Biblical Homestead “We are living on a little, and enjoying it.”— Laura Ingalls Wilder, “Living on a Little,” Missouri Ruralist, 1921 There’s something about Laura’s words …
There’s a certain rhythm to spring on the homestead.It doesn’t arrive all at once.Not here. Not where the winters hold on a little longer, and the ground takes its sweet time waking up. We still have a few mounds of snow lingering in the shadows …
(From the Hearth) The story was passed on to me, not in a book or a museum — but over kitchen tables, worn photo albums, and memories shared with soft smiles. Jim and Marge were already well into their married life by the early 1920s.They …
Journal from the Homestead “When the Blessing Hisses Back” It’s week five of maple season here on the homestead. When we tapped those first trees and hauled in the earliest buckets of sap, it felt fresh and exciting—like the earth itself was waking up again, …