Hello,

I am so happy that you stopped by for a visit. I hope you find this a place of refuge for your senses and spirit, as well as a place of inspiration and encouragement to rediscover satisfaction in a simpler lifestyle. Simpler doesn’t mean easy, only less complicated.  For me, a simpler lifestyle nourishes my spirit while providing satisfaction in self-sufficiency.

My barber husband and I live in the Midwest, and we are basically your average American couple working to make a living, while carving out a life that is lived more simply. We just didn’t wake up one day and decided our life was was too hectic. Nope. Our quest for simplicity took time and discovery. We find ourselves seeking a basic lifestyle from which we rely more upon ourselves than on the marketed, manufactured, chemical-ladened culture of today. We are discovering the joy in creating rather than convenience. We find pleasure in pursuing than in purchasing. We find satisfaction in our own ( albeit limited) abilities rather than instant gratification.

Since our search for the simpler life, we find real contentment in the “finer things” in life. For us, those finer things are: Homemade berry butter on fresh hot biscuits; a cool breeze through an open window; a warm fire burning wood we cut ourselves; homemade lemon balm scrub while soaking in a hot bath; soft, antique linens on which to sleep after a day of harvesting apples; and blowing out a homemade candle before snuggling with our sweetheart.

What we do for a living isn’t who we are as people, but rather only a means towards a meaningful lifestyle. We are Christians who stumble along, failing often, but never without hope or guidance from our Lord and Savor, Jesus. I invite you to join us on our humble adventures.

God Bless

Elizabeth