Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
By Anneli Ahonen in Sosnovyi Bor/Halila On the former sanatorium estate of Halila, cheese is made using methods dating back to the Middle Ages. Orthodox Monk Gavriil is standing next to a huge bull in a cowshed, stroking its back.…
For those of you who follow these pages you know that several months ago I purchased 6 chickens and a rooster. Each day I go to the coop and look for any signs of eggs. Well today I opened the…
Monastery RI Reds Yesterday I wrote about getting ready for the arrival of the chickens and yesterday afternoon they arrived. We now have 7 hens and a rooster all Rhode Island Reds! They came from a family farm in Ellington,…
For some time now I have been planning to get a few chickens in the backyard. Well it appears today is the day! This past year I have been thinking about ways that one can reduces ones food cost as…
In yesterday’s post I mentioned that my family was on vacation on Cape Cod. First one does not say at Cape Cod you say on Cape Cod. So with that cleared up we can now move on to the topic…
The New Coop For the past year or so I have been participating in a Blog Carnival called One Word at a Time. The idea is to get as many bloggers as possible to write on the same topic…
I just finished watching the movie Country staring Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard. The movie is about an Iowa farm family and the struggle against making a living vs. paying off their loans from the Federal Government. The movie was…
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Many readers will recall that this year I have planted a garden. If you are one of my followers on Facebook then you will be able to see the progress of said garden. I have not harvested anything yet but…
There is a new Orthodox Social Ministry called FOCUS North America and the Focus of FOCUS are the needs at home. This from the website: Mission of FOCUS North AmericaWorking especially in the areas of Food, Occupation, Clothing, Understanding and…