Author: Mindy Carlson
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Head Slap and an Attempt at Bread Making
I re-read the article in the Post looking for inspiration on how to produce more food in-yard for the family. I read the part about the woman who has chickens in the backyard and bees on the roof (in Brooklyn, of all places) and was getting discouraged. Our lifestyle is just not conducive to backyard…
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Purple Pants
I mentioned in my previous post that I made H a pair of purple corduroy pants for Christmas and I promised that I’d post some pictures. I used the same pattern that I’d used for the kids’ Robin Hood Halloween costumes, except this time I made it a Flat-Front pant rather than put the elastic…
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Homemaking in 2012
I came across this article on neo-domesticity in the Sunday, November 27th, edition of the Washington Post and I was inspired to make another post about the worth of “women’s” work. And I have “women’s” in quotes because society continues to deem any task that deals with nurturing, home-keeping, and child-rearing to be something only…
Mindy Carlson 