January 2010

Trash Talk

This is Lesson #1,056 of live in a Little House and Lesson # 2,468 of living life in the country.  🙂 We knew when we moved to The Little House that if we didn’t...

The Sounds of Home

Congratulations, Kristi! Your name was the one I drew this morning for a signed copy of “Socially Responsible Investing for Dummies.” Please email me by Wednesday, January 27 with your contact information. fivecoat@ozarkmountains.com Today’s...

Socially Responsible Investing and Friday Book Giveaway

Happy Friday, everyone! Although I’ll be working through the weekend, the end of my regimented week is almost over. Today, I have Ann C. Logue, author of “Socially Responsible Investing for Dummies” answering some...

How do You Define Small?

I wanted to point out this article that appeared in USA Today to my readers here at Living Large. It talks about the dream home featured at this years’ International Builder’s Show. “Small, virtual,...

All Burned Up

I love heating with the woodstove, as I’ve noted before, it kept us warm and fed us hot meals during the 8-day power outage through the ice storm last year. Especially this year when...

Feeding my Soul

I had the opportunity to teach a writing workshop this past weekend. It was a very small group, but it still felt great. Teaching writing workshops is one of those things that nurtures my...

The One Coat I Wouldn’t Live Without

In contrast to last week, this week has made us want for spring. I love these early thaws in January that helps break the winter up. On top of the 50-degree temperatures that’s taken...