Grandfather's Lessons - A Junk Journal
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Channel: Mrs Cog · 2017 · People & Blogs
In 2013, my husband and I decided to hang up our hats in the rat race as a stock broker and accountant and move to a small log cabin and homestead atop a remote mountain for a simpler life. While we still enjoy modern conveniences such as internet and central air conditioning, we also heat with a wood stove and have now learned to organically grow most of our own food and medicines in our gardens, orchards and sunny windows. It continues to be a marvelous adventure, complete with twists and turns. Modern homesteading is simply the journey to become more self sufficient. It can be practiced in a city apartment or dwelling, a suburban home or in the country. This Modern Homestead Journal contains a framework of prompts, ideas and illustrations to record notes, discoveries and lessons learned on that journey towards relying more upon ourselves. It was originally designed as a gift for each of our adult daughters. Vintage images printed on hand tea dyed aged paper fill these 128 pages (256 front and back) in eight sections (signatures) but leave plenty of room to journal. Tea dyed tags describing medicinal teas, prompts for growing plants in any venue or climate and recipes for healthy homemade goods are throughout. This journal is made to create a unique manual over time and perhaps preserve some wisdom for loved ones later. Self-reliance comes in different flavors and tones for each person. The most important lesson I have learned is to embrace the journey and all its magical changes. https://www.etsy.com/listing/493217598/grandfathers-lessons-a-junk-journal?ref=shop_home_active_1
