newsletter

Hi everyone. I apologize for posting yet again about the newsletter. I need to get all the details about it in one place. Please leave me a comment if there is anything that I am unclear on or if you have suggestions.


Here is the winter issue. Complete and ready to arrive in your mail box. I sent out the first batch to subscribers this past Monday. I will be offering the winter issue until sometime in March when I will announce the spring issue. 

 My "newsletter" is essentially a "zine" with a more grown-up name. It is entirely handwritten by me, plus any volunteer contributors. Although my friend Brett, whose wonderful story can be found in the winter issue, may want to mention that her "volunteering" came after my harassing her via email. ;)

The title is "This Blessed Life, a seasonal newsletter of simple living and radical gratitude". Some of the topics you may find in it are stories on living simply, close to the seasons and the land, finding joy in mothering and homemaking, reverence for God and nature, recipes for homemade remedies, meals or snacks, ideas for simple crafts or children's activities,  instilling gratitude in our children (and ourselves), and just about anything related to today's "homesteading". Along with quotes and black & white pictures strewn about.

Although I had planned to create a newsletter that ranged from 10 - 20 pages in length, the winter issue ended up a whopping 34 pages long. I think perhaps I am too chatty for a mere 10 page newsletter...

In the winter issue you can find stories written by myself and also 2 contributors: my aforementioned friend  Brett, who built her own home with her husband and lives off grid, and Samantha of WoodlandWoolens.blogspot.com . Also, recipes, ideas, quotes and simple photos. All with a winter theme.

I put them together by hand, photocopied them here on the same machine I prepare our homeschool work on, and drove them through the snow to the post office myself. :)


Feel free to contribute a story, letter, or other item! You will receive the issue your writing is included in at no charge. I think it's so fun to get to know each other through our own handwritten word. Much more personal, and more fascinating and educational than just listening to me all the time. ;) I want the newsletter to be an encouragement. And a breath of fresh air in the midst of our face paced, consumer-crazed society that seems to have forgotten how abundantly blessed we all are, and who gifted us with those blessings. Please do share your thoughts or experiences on any of the topics that relate to simple living, gratitude, joyful mothering, do it yourself ideas, etc.


The newsletter won't ever be a substitute for the blog, just something fun and encouraging on the side. I really enjoyed Tonya's handwritten newsletter, Plain and Joyful Living, while she was able to create it. My newsletter will never replace her wonderful one. I think of it more as the younger sibling of hers. I am extremely grateful to Tonya for allowing me to borrow her idea.


A new issue will be mailed out each season. So, four issues per year. The subscription cost is $15.00 per year. Or, you are welcome to purchase just one issue for $4.00.



If you are interested in subscribing and wish to pay by check, please leave me your email address and I will send my mailing address to your inbox. Or, you may pay via PayPal. I have inserted a "buy now" link on the right hand side of this blog. Or you may click here:

Thank you! :)