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Monthly Archives: March 2011
I Don’t Eat Well So I Can live to be 100
I don’t do much now-a-days except sit in a chair to feed and rock my new beautiful, sweet, precious, amazing, little boy. In doing this, I have alot of time to think. Lately, something’s been weighing heavily on my heart. … Continue reading
Posted in Kate
Tagged cooking, farming, food, health, homemade things, natural living, organic, pregnancy, raw milk, sustainability
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Spring sprouting
In all reality, we are a tad behind on our garden. I don’t think it’ll be too detrimental, but I kinda wish we’d gotten started a bit earlier. That said, we have made some progress.. On starting indoors Some vegetables … Continue reading
Posted in Nathan
Tagged farming, food, health, heritage breeds, natural living, organic, sustainability
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About Our Birth Story
The birth story of Saylor Jack was posted this week on the Marvelous Kiddo blog! We love this blog – it was a great encouragement to us during Kate’s pregnancy, as the blog often posts the stories of women doing … Continue reading
“Memories, like the corners of my mind…”
Enough years have passed to go diggin’ for old memories. Here are a few in prose. TEN MEN/”Happy Thoughts” So dainty and empowering, her hand in the crook of my arm is like a declaration, “I am with him.” Good … Continue reading
Chance, Orthodoxy, and Re-inventing the wheel
One might infer from the title that the three topics mentioned will somehow be intricately intertwined herein – that new, special revelations of a three-fold nature will be unfurled. Not so much. These are just three ideas that have been … Continue reading
Baby Saylor Pictures!!!
Thanks to Aunt Jessica for taking these pictures. Saylor misses you already!
Birth Story: Part II
The Birth Story – Saylor Jack Bechtold This is the story of how our boy, Saylor Jack Bechtold, made his grand entrance into the world. Here’s how it all went down…in our words (Nathan in plain text, Kate in italics) … Continue reading
Learning About Natural Childbirth
Here’s a list of blogs, books, documentaries for those interested in pursuing natural childbirth (we highly recommend it!), or even just learning a little more (we highly recommend it!)… Blogs: Fearless Birth Marvelous Kiddo Passionate Homemaking Walk Slowly Live Wildly … Continue reading
Garden Tilling By Hand
I googled gardening quotes to cleverify the post and this is what I came up with: “Gardening requires lots of water – most of it in the form of perspiration.” – Lou Erickson I will agree. I am not quite … Continue reading
The Three Little Pigs and the Big, Bad….Kitty?
Once upon a time, there lived three little pigs, of the American Mule Foot variety, named Mr. Lucky Heartnose, Tiny, and Thunder Bumper. … Continue reading