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A Family Through the Decades
On a Friday morning in late June, I found myself with a stack of piles and boxes at my aunt and uncle’s dining room table. Just to set the scene a bit further, i wasn’t uncovering treasures just anywhere. It was at one of my very favorite historic houses – a Hoosier homestead built in…
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Making an American Flag
Between going elbows deep into my own family tree and becoming fully intrenched into the Hamilton soundtrack and Revolutionary War history, somewhere along the way I decided I wanted to sew my own American Flag. And it’s kind of strange because I haven’t felt all that patriotic in the past year and a half. As…
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Freshly Picked Flora
My first bouquet of the season! Surprise lilies from the front yard, white and purple hydrangeas (I use coffee grounds right on top of the mulch to get the colored blossoms to go more and more blue as the season progresses), mint and zinnias. I’ve had a Japanese beetle issue on the leaves of the…
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The Mystery of Sarah Jane and her Father David King
Front Row: David King Jr, Almena Caldwell King, Samuel Nobel King, Robert Quigley King Top Row: Mary Elizabeth King Gotwald, Sarah Jane King, Almena King Take look at this beautiful family, especially the young woman standing center in the back row. Her name is Sarah Jane King and she was born in 1839. Sarah is part…
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Mulberries Three Ways
We are in the thick of mulberry season and it’s a time of year I really treasure. We have a 100+ year old tree on our property and we can get gallons of berries (if we only tried!) If you’re unfamiliar, the taste is really delicate, but when paired with some sugar and nutmeg –…
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Throwback Thursday | Herman Amos
When it comes to family history research, one of the most thrilling things for me is uncovering never before seen photos or details of someone’s life. Case in point – my mom’s grandfather Herman Amos Roush. He died before she was born (my grandma was only three) so his legacy doesn’t come with many stories.…
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Notes from the Field | 010
These weeks fly by quickly, especially when having so much fun. Writing from a breakfast spot in Chicago, where I’ve been with Adam this week. He’s got mornings of business stuff so I’ve been exploring solo. It is the first time I’ve been away from Beatrix overnight and I hope I don’t lose mom cred…
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Notes from the Field | 008
We’ve been summering hard here and it hasn’t left me much time to get online and write. Right now I’m on my front porch swing drinking some ice tea while my kids play, so it seems like a good time to catch up. With Adam traveling to NYC for work, the kids and I…
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Foraging Oyster Mushrooms
One of the things I absolutely cherish about our country life is finding edible delights in the yard. Whether they are for medicinal or culinary use, it’s a thrill for me to find and harvest something and then enjoy it. I’ve documented some of the other things I’ve picked on the blog (like mulberries, violets…
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Throwback Thursday | Mommy + Me Edition
Back when I made this romper for Bea Bea I vaguely thought back to an outfit from my own childhood – a red, white and blue dress I wore for my kindergarden school photo in the late 80s. When I was cleaning out my garage a few weeks back I found the actual portrait…