Author: Calamity Jane

  • On Kiddlets

    ***While I am packing up our house like a woman possessed, getting our family ready to move across the continent, several generous readers have volunteered to keep you musing. This first guest post is written by Jasmine Johnson-Kennedy. Jasmine in an Alaskan off-grid homesteader (ironically, I do not know her from Alaska but solely from…

  • So Long For Now

    Okay, friends. The time has come. This will most likely be my last post for awhile, maybe into June. But! I have a line-up of folks who have volunteered to write guest posts. There should be at least one/week to keep y’all chewing on some good stuff. Please remember to support our gracious guests with…

  • What Were You Doing Last Night at 9:24?

    We move across the continent in 21 days, My Man is completely immersed in finals, and I am suffering from some kind of severe back problem. Considering the circumstances, what do you think I was doing last night? Packing boxes? Resting the shooting pains in my back after a 14 hour day of full time…

  • Mesh Produce Bags to DIY Dish Scrubbie in 4 Easy Steps

    Do you ever buy onions or citrus in plastic mesh bags like these? Do you hoard them under the sink like I do? More than a year ago now I figured out how to turn a pile of these into a scrubbie and I have been washing dishes with one ever since. I finally gave…

  • Book Review: Feeding the Whole Family

    I started packing yesterday. I’m hoping to get a few boxes packed every day for mailing to Alaska, since we aren’t planning to send too much home, I think two weeks ought to get that job done. Then we are going to have a giant garage sale to purge everything else, then it will just…