Thoughts At 2 a.m…
A driving summer rain rousts us from bed at 2am on Wednesday. It snuffs the fireflies’ lanterns, plunging our twinkling hilltop into darkness as Bob and I…
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A Hearth-Centered Life: The Fantasy – And Reality – Of…
Will We Become More Hearth-Centered In The Post-Pandemic World?
Editor's Note: In scouring the frontiers of human consciousness and progressive visions…
Bullfrogs And Graveyards: On A Sense Of Belonging
Jug-a-rum, jug-a-rum, jug-a-rum.
I don’t think much of the Westchesters who own the vacation house next door. But I think a lot about their…
Why My Kid Hates Santa
Image by Shutterstock/Lesley Rigg
The Santa myth seems harmless and fun…until it interferes with real magic.
The girls and I are standing on Lisa’s…
Pastured Turkey Cooking Tips
Listen to Shannon Hayes Talk About Reclaiming Our Sustainable Future with Radical Homemaking
And now we come to the final poultry harvest of the year: the…
Student Debt And Regret On The Path To Sustainable Living
On June 18th, 1999, while on a camping trip, Bob and I were hiking through Asticou Terraces on Northeast Harbor in Maine. We’d had a series of thunder and…
A Radical Homemaker Turns 40
An Interview With Radical Homemaker, Shannon Hayes
Download this interview with Shannon Hayes and Lisa Reagan, Kindred's editor. Recorded for the celebration…
Farm-Fresh, Pasture-Raised Easter Eggs
For those of you wondering, yes, Bob painted the eggs pictured here.
Growing up on the farm, I always had mixed feelings about Easter. The chocolate was…
Gainful Unemployment, by Radical Homemaker Shannon Hayes
It was just getting dark the night of November 1st, 1999 as I locked my bike outside my Ithaca apartment, walked inside and learned from my roommate…
The Difference Between Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef
Pasture-based farmers who direct-market their meats are forever answering the same questions from new customers: “What, exactly, are the…