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Life Rustic

From the blog that started it all. Life Rustic is all about living simply, in a not so simple world.

Dozzy Bear

Late on a springtime Saturday night, Baby Dawes came into this world.

She wasn’t due for another couple of weeks, but she and I both knew she was quickly running out of room in there….

So Then I Went Back to High School

I had just asked for a sign, some sort of guidance, in a prayer the night before, when I’m contacted by the high school where I’d graduated over a decade ago. They need an English teacher, they tell me. Would I think about sticking around for the coming year?

Life in the Ozarks

After settling on the idea of spending the summer in the Midwest, we crash landed into a cozy little house in Southwest Missouri. And let me tell you, we were in hog heaven. But before we knew it, summer was coming to a close… and we needed to make a decision.

A Few Things in The New Year

I’ve never really been into making New Year’s resolutions. However, I have set some goals for the coming year. But rather than frame them as stuffy and formal RESOLUTIONS, I’d like to think of them as areas that I simply want to be better at. So, here are a few things I’m working on in the new year.