by Site Owner | Apr 28, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
Treat Others How You Want to Be Treated By Axie Barclay The last couple months we’ve focused on relationships and positive ways to build and maintain them. To wrap, here are some ways to kill relationships deader than my baby tomatoes that got frosted by a freak April...
by Site Owner | Mar 31, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
“Other People Matter”* By Axie Barclay Last month we discussed romantic relationships, so this month we’re moving on to family. Again, I’m only an expert in my family and my relationships, but this is what has worked well for us. There are all kinds of families and...
by Site Owner | Feb 18, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
Good Connections This is for happy couples… I have a dirty little secret: I’m in a happy relationship. Yes, I know, the girls at work hate me a little too. While they complain about their men, I don’t have much to come back with. Like on Valentine’s Day, when one of...
by Site Owner | Jan 17, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
On Having It All (Just Not All At Once) By Axie Barclay I used to hate platitudes. “It’s always something.” “It is what it is.” “It was (or wasn’t) meant to be.” And, my personal favorite, “You never run out of work on a farm.” My grandmother is most notable for...
by Site Owner | Dec 21, 2013 | Words from the Root Cellar
Life After NaNo… (In the vein of Life After People on The History Channel) By Axie Barclay Day One After NaNo: You feel shocky, and a little disoriented. What happened to November? What am I supposed to do when I sit down at my computer? What’s up with all this extra...
by Site Owner | Nov 18, 2013 | Words from the Root Cellar
How to Bake Whiskey Cake with a Baby By Axie Barclay I was tempted to just write “I’m NaNo’ing” and put up an under construction sign, but then thought better of it and decided actually writing a post was the grownup thing to do. Man, it’s hell being the adult....