Hard to believe that in the dead of winter—when the temperature is -25 and the wind is whipping around making everyone’s face hurt—it is time to...

January can be a hard month for people for many reasons, but there’s plenty to do on the homestead to keep us busy. With the mild start we had to...

There is just something about surviving the depths of winter that makes me want to fry donuts and consume them in large amounts with powdered sugar...

Cranberry Orange Bread I still have some fresh cranberries sitting in my fridge after the holidays and after canning about 40 quarts of cranberry...

I am a huge fan of Kendra Adachi’s podcast called The Lazy Genius and all the wisdom that comes from it. When her first book came out, “The Lazy...

As I was mumbling to myself this past weekend about how thoroughly sick I already was of winter, my mind wandered back to a time when I actually...

Soup just hits differently in the winter. The steam from the broth and herbs are soothing to the soul and a sick body, while the vegetables remind...

This past weekend had all the makings of a classic Christmas special. It started loosely revolving around The Homecoming: A Christmas Story. For...

If your house is anything like mine, there is rarely a day filled with peace and joy, unless the children are away at a friend’s house (which...

Aww, the sounds and sights of the joyous Christmas season… twinkling lights on the sparkling snow, carols wafting through the air, children’s excited giggles… and...

The following is a Best of Rabit Hole Ramblin' column that first appeared in The Exponent on Wednesday, December 20, 2023For those of us grappling...

This week I’m reaching out to the moms of 21st century kids—the ones who spend more hours in their days looking at screens than they do breathing...

Growing up in the Boston Hills of Western New York, folks from cities like Buffalo and Rochester considered us farm people. This, of course, was...

1/2 cup salted butter3/4 cup brown sugar1/4 cup white sugar1/2-1 tsp peppermint extract1/4 tsp vanilla1  egg1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour1/3 cup...

Early December was always a magical time of year in our humble abode along the 18-Mile Creek.The weather was usually frigid enough for the creek...