When setting up a new place of residence, we all want to make our home feel cozy and inviting, a concept the Danish have dubbed “hygge” (pronounced...

On a cold winter day, I was so proud to be Scandinavian. Not only do we have great food at holidays, but also good meaty ones we can enjoy all year...

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...

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...

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...

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...