Joyful, Healthy Living

Teaching kids to become independent learners is one of the foundations of our homeschool philosophy. This means that, while my kids are in high school, they pursue their own independent studies in addition to our 3x/week all-together schooling time. Now that my daughter Alina has graduated from high school, she will no longer be joining our school time, but nonetheless she will be pursuing her own studies and has asked for some help with accountability. Here's a snapshot of

When life's everyday stresses hit, homeopathy can help! Using homeopathic remedies to treat emotional stress not only helps you move through the emotions and regain balance quickly, it also helps prevent emotional stresses from contributing to long-term chronic health problems. Resistance to Treating Emotional Injuries Many people resist taking homeopathics to help with emotional stresses. People seem to think that they need to suffer through grief and hardships, and that suc

For over a decade, my family has purchased grassfed beef in bulk from a local NM rancher every year. Once we get our half beeve, our freezer is happily stocked for the upcoming year with ground beef, roasts, steaks, organ meats, and more. The ground beef is quick and easy to cook up, but many of the other cuts require long cook times and some require special preparation. One cut that I consistently struggled to know what to do with was the ribs. Year after year, they would li

This is one of my favorite ways to make steak. Rosemary, thyme, and garlic combine with beef for a fabulous taste. We enjoy our steaks cooked medium or medium rare and beautifully red inside. Pair the steaks with a simple side salad and perhaps crispy fried potatoes: dinner is served! Garlic and Herb Pan-Seared Steak Serves 3-4 Three 1-inch-thick beef steaks, such as Rib Eye or T-Bone, or 4 smaller 1-inch steaks such as NY strip (preferably grassfed) 4 cloves garlic 1 Tb co

This will be my daughter Alina's first year at college and my son Ian's sophomore year in high school! I'll be homeschooling Ian solo now 😲 and focusing on Algebra, SAT Prep, Homeopathic Medicine, World History, the Constitution, independent studies, and his passionate interest in cars and robotics. Alina will be attending college part-time, taking Latin, writing, and math alongside her independent studies and working part-time. They will both continue in my Liberty Scholar

I think of zucchini is the ninja vegetable; you don't even know there is one growing under there, and then suddenly you've got a huge zucchini on your hands. Or 2. Or 5. They seem to grow into baseball bats overnight. The zucchinis just keep coming, so we're making lots of ratatouille, southwest zucchini casserole, and sauteed zucchini, throwing zucchini in stews, freezing zucchini, and making lots of Einkorn zucchini bread and muffins. Why Einkorn? My family switched to Ei