“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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Latest Posts

  • The Winter Edition and the Most Incredible Giveaway

       The new Rhythm of the Home edition is out today. It is filled with the light, warmth , and love that winter brings. ROTH is starting it's second year, and this issue is full of the most wonderful ideas and special moments… Continue reading

  • Tuesday Through My Winter Window

    I'm joining Julie for the winter edition of Tuesday Through My Window. With the first of advent passing by on Sunday, the wooden stars have been placed in the windows. I love the flicker of soft lights this time of… Continue reading

  • King Arthur’s Other Table

    For about 12 years the same gathering of family and friends have met together to celebrate Thanksgiving. The adults sit in the dining-room and the kids sit at the "kids table". That was until our children grew up and we… Continue reading

  • Happy Thanksgiving

        The year has turned its circle,The seasons come and go.The harvest all is gathered inAnd chilly north winds blow. Orchards have shared their treasures,The fields, their yellow grain,So open wide the doorway —Thanksgiving comes again! Old Rhyme.  I… Continue reading

  • Some Things in my Ear

    Yesterday Mimi and I headed to the store to do what's known as the "big shop"; buying everything needed for Thanksgiving dinner. With all of the cooking,crafting, and writing I'm doing lately, I have many things loaded onto my ipod… Continue reading

  • There’s No Place Like Home

    Last Friday, on a very fogging morning, ….  I drove to Nashville to pick up daughter No. 2. A banjo clad Mimi coming home for the Thanksgiving holidays.  We arrived back home in the afternoon and spent a wonderful day just hanging… Continue reading

  • The Firestarter

    We had the most amazing storm the other day and aside from losing three shutters off the house, I knew by the chill in the wind that "the question" would start in earnest. "The question" actually started two and half… Continue reading

  • Martin Goose

    The harvest has been put away and the days of darkness have arrived. We light our handmade lanterns and slowly walk around the garden. Although it is dark outside our lanterns remind us to bring the light and warmth inside… Continue reading

  • Felt Ball Afternoon

      Over the weekend the weather turned very cold and we saw our first snow flurries. With it, brought a whole bunch of children up to my house for an afternoon of felt ball making. Use a variety of colors… Continue reading

  • {This Moment} New Friends

    {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Have a great weekend.   Continue reading

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