Chatty! And my first podcast!
We spent yesterday boiling the rest of the sap, having done the first half, about 25 gallons, last week — and when you do this, supper is best kept simple — what could be simpler than using the fire to grill a fish?
I quickly simmered some asparagus and made little lightly breaded discs of the St. Patrick’s Day mashed potatoes. It was a pleasure to take our repast out by the fire in the dusk, with a celebratory libation too, it being a family feast of our Will’s birthday (not that he was there, but still!)
Phil had done the previous boil (the outside part) while hanging out with his friends on that cold, bright day last week — their wives were inside with me, taking part in a seed-swap, the result of which was that I ended up with approximately three times the number of seeds I started with!
How it started:
How it’s going!
Must do another swap soon!
Potatoes that got exposed to the light and also started sprouting. I will let these chit and plant them!
I made my first podcast — I hope you find it not totally incomprehensible and irrelevant, but mildly edifying. It took me a while to figure out the technical part of it… and for now it is called The Home Truth and Good Cheer Society Podcast! I mean, what can I tell you — I couldn’t decide on a name!
This first episode is about The Reasonably Stocked and Prepared Life, or Doing a Little More.
Definitely share with friends if you find it helpful. There are now so many ways to access content that some have moved right away from blogs. I like it here myself! But I see the value of being able to offer thoughts about home, raising children, and making things beautiful.
If there are specific topics you’d like to hear about on the podcast, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.
I encourage you to poke around the other offerings of the Center (the host of my podcast). The idea is the restoration of Christian Culture, as implied in the name. See what you think, give a listen to some of the other lectures and recordings on there, pass along to your husband! Often people ask me for a recommendation for the men in their lives, and so there you go.
Our cat, Toffee, is an outdoor cat (due to allergies). She is pretty content but hard to get a photo of — partly because her unusual coloring makes her almost camouflaged, and partly because she is usually on the go! But while we were boiling, she was keeping us company.
bits & piecesSophia Institute Press is having a big sale for Easter, 30% off everything, including The Summa Domestica. The sale will be over on Tuesday, so hop on over!I love Alice von Hildebrand. She combines in her person a life well lived, a vivid intellect, and authentic femininity. If you enjoy the snippet of the introductory music on the podcast, you will find it here: Haydn’s Fantasia in C. Delightful.I recommend this short (6 minutes) video made by a priest, on the book by Peter Kwasniewski (also available at Sophia with that discount, above), True Obedience in the Church. liturgical livingToday is the feast of glorious St. Joseph!
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