One of the things that I have always adored being able to do here on No Ordinary Homestead is to reward my readers with all sorts of goodies to let you know how much I appreciate that you keep coming back to NOH and share what’s on your mind with me. In the...
The weekend before last, we were invited to the housewarming party for an old friend who we haven’t seen much of since he moved to Berlin a few years ago. As it turns out, he and a couple of his friends decided to do the unthinkable and bought an old farm. The...
As the financial capital of Germany, Frankfurt often gets a bad rap for being boring, expensive and ugly. Now I know I’ve not always written the nicest things about Hessen and the people that live there, but I also know that many people end up there because of...
Dear Mackenzie, You are a fun-loving, heartfelt, spectacular little girl who we are so blessed to have in our lives…most of the time. You might still scribble on the furniture from time to time, or repeat yourself 100 times just to make sure we heard you (making...
When we moved over to Germany 11 years ago, we had already started several businesses (being the crafty entrepreneurs that we are) and didn’t have any thoughts of closing them down just because we were moving. Thankfully, we had family back in the US who could...