Recent Posts Tagged With 'appalachia'

• I’ve Fallen in Love – One Small Change

  Posted on Sunday January 3rd, 2010 at 21:54 in life, blog, environment, blogging, energy, food, frugality, Economy, kentucky, organic, whole foods, coal

  I want to begin by apologizing for not quite keeping up here with the comments and posting these last few months.  I want everyone to know I read every comment and respond in my mind (Hopefully, I will be able to do better about posting those though...

• The Right to Know – Food

  Posted on Friday January 1st, 2010 at 12:45 in Culture, life, diet, health, parenting, Natural, food, cooking, frugality, Economy, Nature, organic

  I’m wonderfully optimistic about the year to come.  I think I’m finally coming to an understanding of what it means to let go and let God.  To kick off the new year, I have decided to start a series of posts on things we have a right to...

• Christmas Recovery

  Posted on Tuesday December 29th, 2009 at 11:03 in life, blog, parenting, blogging, yoga, frugality, Economy, homeschool, homeschooling, appalachia, self discovery, childbirth education

  It takes us awhile to recover from Christmas.  In two days, we have Christmas festivities with four families.  This week we are traveling to South Carolina (where I am writing this) and later to Cincinnati to see more family.  The two days we̵...

• Surprise First Snow

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 14:09 in baby, Culture, life, parenting, Nature, motherhood, flu, kentucky, mothering, illness, snow, appalachia

  Ivy has been sick since Thursday night.  Fever and coughing.  I’m reluctant to call it the flu as no one else in our house has had those symptoms, but Ivy has been real poorly.  After sleepless nights keeping a check on the fever, it was ama...

• A Real Barn

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 17:30 in life, food, homesteading, chickens, kentucky, appalachia, barn, homesteading country living

  We are home once again from a trip that was mostly uneventful, but has left us tired and behind on our work at home.  It was nice to spend time with family and celebrate all we have to be thankful for with the other people in our lives.  I love wat...

• Native Nations Mini Pow-Wow – A Homeschool Field Trip

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 20:39 in Culture, parenting, Natural, Nature, homeschool, motherhood, kentucky, homeschooling, mothering, appalachia, cherokee, self discovery

  In honor of Native American Heritage Month and our own Cherokee lineage, we took a family outing today to the Native Nations Mini Pow-Wow at a local community college.  It was such a blessing to be there and to take the girls.  November is filled w...

• The Haywood Family Band

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 16:16 in Culture, parenting, guitar, homeschool, kentucky, homeschooling, mountains, banjo, appalachia, attachment parenting, traditional music, old-time music

  I truly believe that it is John’s utmost dream to one day play in the band that is fronted by his two little girls.  He is getting them started early, and they are loving every minute of it.  They were born with the music of these hills in th...

• Fog

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 20:49 in Culture, life, recipes, health, hiking, food, cooking, homesteading, Nature, kentucky, organic, mountains

  I sat in the living room with Ivy in my lap watching the fog come up the holler this morning, and wondering how the rest of the weekend will play out.  The gas company is still working on roads and new pipeline.  The yard is becoming a mud pit, and...

• Discovery

  Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 17:21 in life, literature, yoga, writing, homesteading, Nature, kentucky, mountains, whole foods, literary, appalachia, woods

  The tree next to this rock is my favorite tree in our yard.  I can’t recall ever seeing one before we moved here, but I think I have finally discovered its name – Lynn Tree.  It is a rhododendron of the large variety.  It has lovely w...

• Corn, Ventilation, and New Roads

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 14:51 in life, parenting, homesteading, frugality, homeschool, motherhood, kentucky, homeschooling, mothering, appalachia, waldorf, winterizing

  I’m dropping in for a few minutes to write in the midst of a crazy busy week.  As I mentioned before, the gas company is building a new and improved road on our property.  Dozers have been up and down this creek everyday as early as 6am.   ...

• Rainy Week Blues

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 10:24 in life, parenting, homesteading, frugality, Economy, Nature, homeschool, motherhood, homeschooling, mothering, appalachia, attachment parenting

  This last week has been pretty blah weather wise.  I feel like I’m right in the middle of Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow.  Sure there is beauty in it, but I am very unprepared for cold weather as far as dressing myself and the girls.  The...

• Cold Weather Eating

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 18:17 in Culture, recipes, food, cooking, homesteading, frugality, Economy, kentucky, mountains, appalachia, cabbage, chicken stock

  In Spring, you are born.  In Summer, you mature.  In Fall, you grow older.  And in Winter, you pass on. -Luther Johnson (my great-grandfather and owner of the former Cowshed Trading Post in Isom, Kentucky) It has turned off cold really fast this ...

• Renegade Hillbilly

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 20:49 in youtube, kentucky, banjo, appalachia, old-time music

  John has spent much of the day working on his YouTube Channel. He uploaded a new video that Derrick Poore shot a few weeks ago here on the creek. There are also many more videos of friends and acquaintances playing old time mountain music and such....

• Love Requires Time

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 20:28 in life, jesus, love, parenting, yoga, kundalini, writing, motherhood, mothering, appalachia, attachment parenting, self discovery

  Hills Around the Cabin Last Fall 2008 I’m waiting like a child at Christmas for this scenery.  Day 20 of my 40 days of commitment passed this weekend.  I’m doing pretty good with it though the last week it felt like I was not.  It was...

• Cold Turkey and What the…

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 21:00 in Culture, life, health, parenting, coffee, appalachia, caffeine, self discovery

  It’s 3:47pm on Thursday.  I have not had any coffee.  I usually have 4-5 cups within a two hour period in the mornings.  Caffeine is a drug and I am an addict.  The weather is gorgeous today, but emotionally I’m a wreck.  I’ve ...

• Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

  Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 21:07 in life, blogging, food, yoga, Economy, kentucky, appalachia, self discovery, traditional foods

  There is tremendous peace in becoming aware.  It is making me want to be quiet.  Not just silent, but also with blogging.  I’m unsure about sharing all these inner workings of mine.  Amazing as it has been, I’m not sure how interestin...

• Wordless Wednesday – Bad Branch Falls

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 21:00 in hiking, Natural, Nature, kentucky, mountains, wildlife, appalachia, woods, forests, hills, waterfall

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• Season’s First Hike – Bad Branch Falls

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 18:57 in life, hiking, parenting, Natural, yoga, Nature, kentucky, mothering, mountains, wildlife, appalachia, woods

  Autumn is our season for hiking.  It is something the four of us can’t get enough of this time of year.  Today, was the first cool day of the season with no humidity.  We decided to celebrate with a hike to Bad Branch Falls.  The falls is a...

• Dog Days

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 20:11 in parenting, homesteading, Nature, homeschool, motherhood, kentucky, homeschooling, mothering, wildlife, Autumn, appalachia, leaves

  The still, humid, hot days of this week are the “dog days” of summer, or if not exactly that, very reminiscent of them.  The air has been muggy, and to be out in it makes your skin damp.  When walking around the cabin and up the holler ...

• Wordless Wednesday – Changing

  Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 20:00 in blog, Natural, blogging, Nature, kentucky, mountains, appalachia, woods, hills

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• Summer Adieu

  Posted on Monday September 21st, 2009 at 20:37 in Culture, weight loss, parenting, food, homesteading, Nature, homeschool, motherhood, kentucky, homeschooling, gardening, mothering

  There was real joy in this last day of summer for myself and the girls.  I started going through our clothes, changing the breezy summer attire for the more cozy fall duds.  I actually got rid of half of my wardrobe of clothes – the chest of ...

• I Can’t Say Enough About…

  Posted on Sunday September 20th, 2009 at 20:17 in Culture, life, parenting, food, cooking, meditation, yoga, motherhood, kentucky, mothering, mountains, halloween

  I can’t say enough about the fall festival held annually in my hometown.  I anticipated it every year as a kid and continue to do so.  The cool nights.  The slurry of conversation.  Faces of all sorts, eyes connecting with yours and some no...

• Wordless Wednesday

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 19:48 in baby, Culture, life, parenting, blogging, motherhood, kentucky, mothering, appalachia, self discovery, fiddle, old-time music

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• Appalachian Green Beans

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 20:00 in Culture, recipes, parenting, food, cooking, homesteading, frugality, Economy, homeschool, motherhood, kentucky, homeschooling

  It wasn’t until my adult life and the city experience that I learned there was any other way than the Kentucky mountain way to fix green beans, or breeds of green beans that didn’t have large bullets (seed) in the pod.  It was odd to me ...

• Wordless Wednesday

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 20:45 in Culture, blogging, kentucky, mountains, banjo, appalachia, old-time music, roscoe holcomb

• Operation Healthy Eggs

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 13:25 in homesteading, chickens, frugality, Economy, mountains, whole foods, appalachia, woods, goats, traditional foods, coop, homesteading country living

  Meet our new flock.  They are little cuties. I believe they are some kind of bantam.  We aren’t sure.  Chickens around here seem to be just what they are – chickens.  One thing I do know is that this bunch is much tamer than the last...

• In the Meantime – Joe Pye Weed

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 20:08 in Culture, life, blog, parenting, Natural, blogging, Nature, motherhood, kentucky, mothering, wildlife, appalachia

  John and Deladis have gone this morning to pick up our new little flock of baby chickens.  I am anxiously awaiting their return and using the time with just Ivy and I to get some computer work accomplished – thus blogging.  From now on, it is...

• Something So Simple

  Posted on Sunday August 30th, 2009 at 15:11 in Culture, life, parenting, yoga, writing, motherhood, kentucky, mothering, mountains, appalachia, attachment parenting, self discovery

  We had a wonderful trip to Louisville on Friday.  John and I left around 5:30am, arrived, and gave our presentation to a group much larger than what we had expected.  It went wonderfully. There was no radio in the car we borrowed (the van is broken...

• Sleepless Nights and Busy Days

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 20:28 in Culture, life, blog, health, parenting, blogging, fiction, food, writing, frugality, Economy, novel

  I am exhausted yet I keep on going… somehow.  Ivy has been having trouble sleeping at night and last night was a bad one.  All four of us were up by 5:00 this morning.  Ivy tosses and turns all night, then she wakes, sits up in the bed and c...

• Wordless Wednesday

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 20:38 in life, blog, appalachia, wildflowers, off-grid living