An old Shaker hymn, particularly popular at this time of year, says, “T’is a gift to be simple, t’is a gift to be free.” These are words my family and I live by—not because of any political or idealistic mindset so much as because it’s how we like to live. Most of our countrymen and women strive daily to “make a life,” rushing off to jobs outside of the home, spending the majority of their time and effort scrambling for more dollars to create “security,” to buy more, better, newer goods, to rise, to succeed, to win.
We take a very different view, and live a different life. Here on our homestead, we live very simply. Continue reading
