Adventures at Avalon

Mary's Month: Celebrating Our Blessed Mother

Mary's Month: Celebrating Our Blessed Mother

Happy May Day, friends! It's the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, patron of our little shop, and the beginning of a month set aside for devotion to Mary. A...

Mary's Month: Celebrating Our Blessed Mother

Happy May Day, friends! It's the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, patron of our little shop, and the beginning of a month set aside for devotion to Mary. A...

Odds and Ends: New Kitchen Rosary Release and Spring on the Homestead

Odds and Ends: New Kitchen Rosary Release and S...

Spring break is off to a monumental start here at Avalon! This is our dedicated spring homesteading week: the first time Zach has extended time at home during daylight hours...

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Odds and Ends: New Kitchen Rosary Release and S...

Spring break is off to a monumental start here at Avalon! This is our dedicated spring homesteading week: the first time Zach has extended time at home during daylight hours...

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The Fittingness of Wood

The Fittingness of Wood

"I always like wood," he remarked. "Modern things are made with steel and tin, hard, sharp, cold things without smell. Or worse, there are things of plastic, spineless gooey stuff...

The Fittingness of Wood

"I always like wood," he remarked. "Modern things are made with steel and tin, hard, sharp, cold things without smell. Or worse, there are things of plastic, spineless gooey stuff...

The Work of Mending

The Work of Mending

One of the earliest lessons you learn as a parent is that you can no longer have nice things. It first dawns on you when you realize that babies are...

The Work of Mending

One of the earliest lessons you learn as a parent is that you can no longer have nice things. It first dawns on you when you realize that babies are...

Fresh From the Shop

Fresh From the Shop

Our bulbs are peeping up and we've have a lot of sunny days, but we woke to a fresh layer of snow this morning. Sucker's Spring strikes again! At least...

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Fresh From the Shop

Our bulbs are peeping up and we've have a lot of sunny days, but we woke to a fresh layer of snow this morning. Sucker's Spring strikes again! At least...

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Syrup Season

Syrup Season

Reflections on the 2023 maple syrup season and the value of projects that keep us in touch with the rhythms of the natural world.

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Syrup Season

Reflections on the 2023 maple syrup season and the value of projects that keep us in touch with the rhythms of the natural world.

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