Alcohol Burner

Alcohol Burner

One of our recent homestead classes involved learning how to make a small heater with a few household “ingredients”. – We took a quart-size paint can and stuffed a roll of toilet paper inside. Saturate the toilet paper with rubbing alcohol and apply...
January Gems

January Gems

Writing. Trying to define something that seems simple, apparently, isn’t so simple. According to Merriam-Webster: writing – noun – 1) the act or process of one who writes such as: a. the act or art of forming visible letters or characters...
To Beat or Not To Beat

To Beat or Not To Beat

My newest kitchen small appliance is a stand mixer. A Christmas gift from my husband. Having never used one, I thought, “How hard can it be?” Having seen it used about a ba-zillion times on Cook’s Country it seemed the logical choice. Dump the...
Thy Word

Thy Word

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105 Years ago, I made an interesting discovery, to me at least. It was dark outside and there was no flashlight available. This was before the era of cell phones with their built-in...