They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Allow me to introduce you to one of our kids' favorite books. The children call it "Christmas Family" for reasons that become obvious as soon as you read the book. One of the key moments in the early part of the book is the family preparing candles from the wax of bayberries, to burn on… Continue reading The Day Before the Day Before Christmas
As we mentioned on Sunday, it is Advent! It's the most butter-ful time of the year. Seriously! With our annual Christmas cookie baking frenzy, the amount of butter we go through from Thanksgiving to Christmas would probably grease a steam engine, if we were so inclined to be wasteful. We prefer to use it to… Continue reading Advent Baking
Too many cookies. Making Christmas cookies is a multi-week whole family effort that generally takes up most of advent every year. Christmas cookies are important. The goal is to have enough Christmas cookies to last until Lent, with plenty to give away in the meantime, so with Lent coming a bit late in 2025, we… Continue reading Why we haven’t been posting
Christmas Cookies! Few things evoke the nostalgia of the Advent season like the baking of Christmas Cookies. There is something magical about spending a quiet afternoon indoors, while the weather outside fulfills its seasonally appropriate frightfulness, listening to the Julie Andrews, Bing Crosby and the Vienna Boys Choir in their original vinyl glory on the… Continue reading The Christmas Cookies Begin!
Little Farm in the Big City 