You have a dream!

Whether you're in the city, the suburbs, or in the middle of the woods, you can live a simple, joyful, satisfying life - and I'm right behind you, encouraging you every step of the way.

No matter where you live!

I carried the dream of a simple life inside my heart for so many years while I followed the Chief, my military-then-pastor husband, from one end of the world to another and around the United States a few times.



"Simple living" looked different in each of those homes (more than 30 of them!), and it will look different for you too, but deep down, we all have the same yearning.

To live a less stressful, more fulfilling, satisfying life.

Maybe that dream calls even louder to you if you live in the city or suburbs.

We can do this, even if there isn't room for livestock, even if the only soil available is in containers on the balcony and your thumb is anything but "green".

My passion is to help you live a simple, joyful life, no matter your circumstances or where you live!

Who am I? 

I'm more than just a face on your computer (or phone) screen.

I'm Kathi, wife, mother and grandma, and a chicken-keeping, horse-loving, goat-milking gal who loves Jesus and struggles a bit with gardening.

A few fun facts about me:

• I love sweet tea, don't like coffee, and I stopped drinking soda cold-turkey in 2017.

• The possibility of having a horse again was one of the reasons I was willing to move one more time, from Michigan to Oklahoma. I never outgrew being a horse-crazy kid. (That's eight-year-old me in the photo.)

• Before the internet was a "thing" I edited and self-published a small subscription newsletter called Cat Chat.

Writing is one of my passions; I've written for several blogs around the web (including Self-Reliant School, Hello Homestead and Essential Homestead) and have been published in magazines including Country Almanac, Country Decorating Ideas, Country Kitchens and Baths, and many others.