Thanks to our Master Gardener Dorothy Clement and her very able apprentices, Laurel and Izzy Bird, and a host of volunteers from Mount Jubilee...
EVENTS
Pickleball Tournament
Pickleball has taken America (and the world) by storm. Invented in the Northwest, it is is a racket sport in which two players or four players use a...
An Independence Day Celebration with the Team Magnalia
Our hearts are full to overflowing with gratitude to all the "Team Magnalia" helpers who made this our grandest Independence Day celebration...
An Independence Day Eve to Remember
As every patriot (young and old) remembers, and as Memorial Day reminds us: FREEDOM IS NOT FREE! So mark your calendars to celebrate that truth with...
A Maundy Thursday Rainbow
Rachel met with a friend about a month ago who encouraged her to pray for God's protection, for His provision, and for His multiplication of worthy...
About Daddy-Daughter Date Night
We're still in the afterglow of the first annual Daddy-Daughter Date Night here at the Homestead. It was a priceless celebration of the unique kind...
Celebrating Love in Grand Style
The Feast of Saint Valentine at the Homestead was a grand celebration of "all love's martyrdoms" for 16 couples in the context of a memorable,...
On Courage and Faith
As a new week in a New Year dawns may we all have courage and faith, like our three-year-old grandson John-Henry Pierson Van Eerden, who decided to...
On the Effort to Reclaim Community Tables (through Winter Feasts)
In the 17th century, the English diarist and naval leader Samuel Pepys wrote this: Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles...