Blog Tour

Where have I been lately? On a blog tour. In fact, I’m mid-tour right now. I am hosting the Des Moines Area Frugal Blog Tour over at Examiner.com. Topics covered: natural gifts that kids can make bread cleaning gardening meals fruit baby gift giving natural health green living eating or groceries gift wrapping finding deals…

Lakota housing

As promised the other day, here are some shots from Pine Ridge. As mentioned in the LarkCrafts post, there is a real need for donations. For everything, not just mittens. Batesland is a ‘neighborhood’ on the rez. Population 88. The towns on the reservation are not like a typical small town. This one has a…

Free Project: Red Fleece Mittens

Readers, I was blessed to work with the Lakota over the summer with my daughter and our church’s youth group. This morning, LarkCrafts mentioned the Lakota of Pine Ridge in the “Craft Your Life” area with a Free Project: Red Fleece Mittens. I wanted to say that the people of Pine Ridge are always in…