Kathleen | Roots & Boots, Author at Roots & Boots

Testing…for Email Subscribers

Greetings, Yankee Homestead Email Subscribers. I’m trying to get to the bottom of a technical difficulty. 🙂 This is a test to determine if the problem has been solved. If you have a minute to leave me a comment, I’d love to know whether or not this blog post was delivered to your email…

2 Favorite Folk Singers and 1 Fantastic Venue {Part Two}

Did you catch this post: 2 Favorite Folk Singers and 1 Fantastic Venue {Part One}? If there are any children in your life, I highly recommend the two musicians–and their CD’s–discussed in that post. This part is for the locals, or for visitors to our nation’s capital… Do you live in or near Northern Virginia (outside…

Chocolate Zucchini Bread {gluten & dairy-free, Paleo}

This Chocolate Zucchini Bread is so easy, and so tasty. You might also like to know how fantastic it tastes cold, straight from the fridge. Especially while your children are resting upstairs and you’re all alone downstairs. Just a thought. It’s also gluten-free and Paleo, and it freezes well. Plus it’s a perfect way to use up…

2 Favorite Folk Singers and 1 Fantastic Venue {Part One}

Our family has a slight obsession with good folk music. I love these words from Ruth Crawford Seeger, in her wonderfully helpful book American Folksongs For Children: Many of us open a savings account at the bank when a child is born, and add layer after layer of small deposits which he can later draw…

Green Beans Galore

Holy green bean harvest! I might need to serve some with breakfast this morning, and at every meal thereafter, to ensure they’re all eaten up. And to think…we almost didn’t plan beans this year. They’ve turned out to be our most successful, low maintenance crop! Green beans do make for somewhat tedious harvesting,…

My Top 6 Thyroid Resources

Several readers and friends have asked recently, so I thought I’d share my top 6 thyroid resources that have been most helpful to me in understanding hypothyroidism. [Note: While I personally deal with HYPO-thyroidism, many of these resources will also apply to HYPER-thyroidism, or will correspond to resources on that topic.]

Decorating with Junk: Old Doors and a Giant Map of Texas

The results of a few recent “Decorating with Junk” projects… Shelf of Love Remember this awkward corner of our master bedroom? Well, it’s still not finished. But this display shelf–made from an old door from my dad’s barn, plus wooden brackets and shelves we had on hand–turned out fantastically!

Yet Another Reason to Love the E-cloth

We’re still loving our e-cloths here at the Yankee Homestead. Have you tried them? I thought I’d give a quick report on yet another reason to love these microfiber cleaning cloths: they remove permanent marker! Recently, I picked up a few ex-library CD’s at a local used book sale.

Recommended Family Resource: The Singing Bible

Just the other day, out of the blue, Older Brother asked if I would load The Singing Bible onto his ipod. [Note: He received a tiny ipod and docking station for his 6th birthday, in order to listen to quality literature during his rest time. Yes, it was expensive, but we considered it an investment in…