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So I’m one of those people that refuses to decorate for Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving. Anyone else with me? I think it’s because I view Thanksgiving as an autumn holiday, and I want to give my family plenty of time to appreciate and celebrate it before moving on to the next holiday. As […]

Today I renewed our annual passes to the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. I just love visiting this place. I’m not sure what it is that I love most—the good food, the shopping, all the plant and decor inspiration, or the fact that it offers Dean and me regular opportunities to get away, just […]

So I’m finally getting around to sharing some photos of our new home and our remodel projects with you. I’ve been meaning to do this for a month, but life has been so hectic and crazy lately that I haven’t found time to do it. If you don’t already know, we recently purchased our “forever […]

We have a little over a week left of life as we know it here on the mountain, and that’s a really weird thought to me. I mean, in eight days, this will no longer be my home. I will not be free to roam these woods looking for herbs or doing nature walks with […]

I’m not a big gem person. I think they’re pretty, but I don’t really know a whole lot about them. My kids know more about gems than I do. Gem mining is one of their favorite things to do—in real life and in Minecraft ?, and they love studying earth science because they get to […]

I’ve been reading about making time for rest in our lives during my morning devotions, and while this topic isn’t completely new to me, it has revealed some areas of my life that could be infused with more rest now and again. First, I understand the importance of being productive, but I also understand that […]