Gardening can be as varied as your circumstances are. The most important part of learning to grow food that. you can eat is the freedom it gives you.

Read this on the blog: Food Freedom https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/18/food-freedom/

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Every Christmas we gift our family with a new game to play together in the year ahead. This year's game got mixed reviews from players.

See it on the blog here: Our Newest Game https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/18/our-newest-game/

Shout out this week to listeners in Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Switzerland, Sweden, Philippines, and Indonesia! 💕

When I first heard of the Word of the Year, I felt so much pressure to find just the "right" word. Then I decided I didn't need to have just one word, or any word. I realized instead that it is the words I think or say that affect my year.

Read the blog here: Word of the Year? https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/16/word-of-the-year/

Sourdough is trending right now. Are you familiar with long-fermented sourdough bread? I learned this process from my daughter whose first job was in a niche bakery that made gut-friendly sourdough. Take a peek at my process.

You can read about it and see photos on the blog: Bread Making https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/bread-making/

I've started knitting my second mystery knit-along gnome. Her name is Gnana. Do you love gnomes or knitting? They go together so well.

See photos over on the blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/to-gnome-or-not-gnome/

Also mentioned:

https://www.imaginedlandscapes.com/

https://www.leadingmenfiberarts.com/

I learned that today was dedicated to taking a break and reading some lines of poetry. I hope you did. I am sharing a couple of poems we read today in our poetry lesson. Read them over on the blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/world-poetry-break-day/

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We need more than margin in our lives and schedules, we actually need some blank pages. We need more time to be, and actually live in the minutes that make up our days.

You can print and read Snail Mail over on the blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/?p=5623

Here's the link to the story of Snail Mail: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/04/27/april-snail-mail/

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Last year I decided to knit through the book Curls and use up my yarn stash in the process. Here is the result. You will find photos over on the blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/knitting-hugs/

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This is my third year of assigning myself monthly books to read. Some are re-reads, some are required reading, and some are books that have haunted my shelves for more than a year (lots more). It has been a great way to read the books I have so I can decide whether they stay or move on.

You can see the book stacks on the blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/10/reading-in-january/

I also mention these:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fastened-like-nails/id1266943113?i=1000589911430

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simply-charlotte-mason-homeschooling/id1072212202

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-delectable-education-charlotte-mason-podcast/id1043994904

Making moving a habit is the first step to having success. This year I am taking action and creating habits for the areas I want to grow in. Don't let those New Year's goals or intentions fall by the wayside, turn them into habits first.

Read the blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/my-walking-goal/

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