Food is so expensive right now, which is daunting. But the good housewife can manage, and I tell you exactly how!
How to hang laundry out on the line
On these lovely July days I am enjoying hanging out the laundry so much. Here is a chore that fits well into what we were discussing last week. It seems almost incredible that anyone would hang all the laundry outside in this day and age! Is it a waste of time? Don’t we have… Read More »
To be happy at home
“To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.” — Dr. Johnson As the school year begins, I know how easy it is to feel a sense of urgency and even panic! Time to sign… Read More »
My secret to cleaning cast iron pans the old-fashioned way.
You know that I try to give “value added” around here. If I thought that the advice you got on other sites was sound, I wouldn’t bother giving you my take. But I don’t. I think the posts I’ve seen about cleaning cast iron pans are written by people who are too young to remember… Read More »
My secrets to taking common-sense care of your sick child at home!
For some of you, this is going to be a post like the one about taking a shower. You are not going to believe that there is anyone who doesn’t know the things I am going to tell you. I mean, they are not actually secrets. So you can go relax with a book while… Read More »