Building a Life of Beauty

Roots and Refuge Podcast

Jessica Sowards

Home & Garden, Leisure

5 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode 64 of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.

After a refreshing break, I'm feeling creatively recharged and excited to share my renewed passion for homesteading with you. In this episode I delve into the profound impact the authors Alice Waters and Barbara Kingsolver have had on my journey, particularly through their books, "We Are What We Eat" and "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle."

We'll discuss the journey of gaining knowledge and everything that goes along with improved competence and confidence. I'll discuss my evolving "why" for homesteading, focusing on food security, skills, and creating a simpler, beautiful life for my family.

So please join me as I reflect on finding joy in simplicity, making conscious choices, and aligning daily decisions with core values such as simplicity, frugality, pride, beauty, art, connection, and relationships. Discover how to build a life of beauty by focusing on what truly matters and embracing the small, everyday joys that bring satisfaction and fulfillment.

Thanks for joining us on the Roots and Refuge Podcast, where we celebrate intentional living and mindful choices. 🌱

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0:00.0	Hey all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge podcast.
0:10.7	I am your host, Jessica Sauerz.
0:12.4	My friends call me Jess, and I hope you will too.
0:14.8	And I'm so happy to have you here listening to my podcast today where we talk about all things,
0:19.4	food growing, homesteading, raising animals,
0:22.2	growing gardens, preserving, preparing, and enjoying that food, as well as just trying to live
0:27.7	a little more mindfully with each other and with the earth. So typically, I upload new podcast
0:33.4	episodes every Wednesday on all major platforms, but I have been on a little bit of a break the last
0:39.8	few weeks. This is the first day today making content again after a few week break. That was just
0:47.7	very necessary for this stage of life that I am in. I've got a lot of kids and they needed
0:54.1	mama and two boys with birthdays,
0:56.4	and then my boy that made me a mom is 18. He's graduating high school. He just had his last day
1:01.3	yesterday. And I just chose to be present as well as getting the garden in and all of that.
1:07.4	So it's been a really great few weeks for me. I find that oftentimes when we remove
1:14.1	the obligation from a thing that we do, no matter what it is, when we remove the obligation and we
1:22.5	take the time back, a lot of times what we find is that we wanted to do that thing in the first
1:26.2	place. And I would say that has been my experience of the last few weeks.
1:30.6	It's been very creatively recharging.
1:33.4	I have not made any videos, but I've taken my camera out on my farm a lot,
1:37.4	taken lots of photos, and I've written poetry,
1:40.5	and really got my wheels turning on a lot of things,
1:43.3	and really just honestly grew in appreciation
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