Living a Simple Life with a Back Porch View
Grab a glass of lemonade and settle in for a visit! Listen to stories designed to encourage, uplift, and help you Live a Simple Life with a Back Porch View. Find out what that means, and how to shift your own lifestyle. Then relax and enjoy while learning the different aspects of a Simple Life - from following your dreams and passions to handcrafting, cooking, tending to the home and garden, and more. And from time to time, there will even be a recipe and freebie or two!
Episodes
172 episodes
How to Reconnect in a Busy World
There are days when our slow, simple life gets swept up in a fast, loud, messy whirl of activity. The kind of day where your coffee goes cold before you can drink it, someone forgets to feed the dog, and the to-do list looks like it was written...
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Season 3
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Episode 172
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14:02
What It Means to 'Unplug'
We’ve gotten so tangled up in our gadgets and gizmos that we don’t even realize how loud the world has become. It hums and buzzes and dings and beeps. Our calendars yell at us with reminders, our phones light up like fireflies in a jar, and we’...
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Season 3
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Episode 171
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12:39
Pie Birds and Love Notes: Baking as a Language of the Heart
There’s something about pie that just says home. Not the store-bought kind with the perfect crimped edges and the glossy labels—but the kind your mama or your granny used to make. The kind with a little flour on the countertop, maybe a thumbpri...
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Season 3
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Episode 170
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12:03
The Gospel of Yeast Rolls: Faith, Patience, and a Rise Worth Waiting For
There are sermons you hear on Sunday morning and ones whispered through your grandmother’s kitchen on a quiet afternoon. I don’t know about you, but I’ve heard some of my best sermons - not from a pulpit, but from a bowl of dough and a warm ove...
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Season 3
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Episode 169
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10:27
Baking Day Revival: Slowing Down with Muffins, Memories & Messes
When was the last time you had a good, old-fashioned baking day? Not just whipping up a quick banana bread while the laundry tumbles and the kids are hollering, but a real baking day. The kind where the windows fog up from the oven’s h...
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Season 3
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Episode 168
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10:56
Grandma’s Kitchen Wisdom: Biscuits That Hug You Back
There’s something about biscuits that just feels like home. Not the kind you pop from a can and pray won’t explode in your hand, or the ones that come in a plastic bag found in the freezer section of your grocery store. No, I’m talking about
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Season 3
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Episode 167
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10:08
At the Starting Line: The Beauty of Sourdough
Put on your aprons and head to the starting line with the humble, hearty, and sometimes hilariously unpredictable world of sourdough. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Sourdough? Really? Haven’t we seen enough mason jars of bubbling st...
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Season 3
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Episode 166
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10:34
A Homemaker’s Legacy: What Will Your Home Teach Long After You’re Gone?
When we think about homemaking, we often focus on the daily tasks - the cooking, cleaning, laundry, and everything else that’s required to manage our homes well. But when we step back and really look at the bigger picture, homemaking is about s...
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Season 3
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Episode 165
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12:18
The Homemaker’s Degree: The Education Behind a Well-Run Home
Too many people think that homemaking isn’t really a profession, job, or worthwhile end goal. I mean, all it takes to run a home is to do a few loads of laundry, cook meals, and do a bit of tidying up, right? But we as homemakers know better. T...
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Season 3
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Episode 164
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13:46
Homemaking in Harmony: Balancing Work, Family, and Joy
To me, homemaking is one of the most uncelebrated jobs anyone can have. But it’s also the most important and necessary. We rarely consider what it takes to maintain a home. And today, we’re going to talk a bit more about how to keep it in balan...
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Season 3
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Episode 163
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13:32
Homemaking: A Multi-faceted Diamond
Homemaking is a lot like a diamond. It’s not just one thing - it’s a collection of skills, responsibilities, and heartwarming moments that come together to create something truly special. If you think about it, a diamond shines because of its m...
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Season 3
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Episode 162
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11:48
The Art of Handwork in a Simple Life
There’s something about the rhythmic motion of a needle pulling thread through fabric or the soft clickety-clack of knitting needles that just soothes the soul. In today’s fast-paced world, we often look for ways to slow down, to reconnect with...
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Season 3
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Episode 161
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11:25
The Art of Barter and Trade
Take a step back in time—back before dollar bills, bank accounts, and credit cards dictated the way we live. Before we became so dependent on money, communities thrived on something far simpler: bartering and trading. It was the first economy, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 160
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11:20
Gardening with the Moon
We all dream of having a garden like Grandma and Grandpa did. Lush. Green. Loaded with fresh food. Our memories take us back to visions of Grandma snapping beans on the porch. And we ask ourselves, “How did they do it?” One wa...
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Season 3
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Episode 159
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15:14
Remember Where You Came From: How Cultivating Skills of the Past Helps Today
Remembering what you’ve gone through, the hardships and the successes, combined with the skills you learned from your parents and grandparents can help when you face obstacles today. You could think of these skills as ‘hand-me-downs’. Just as y...
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Season 3
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Episode 158
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14:38
Simply Prepping: The Necessities of Life
We often think about necessities in terms of what we can touch and hold—things like food, water, shelter, and the supplies we might stockpile for the future. While those are certainly important, what if I told you that the real nece...
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Season 3
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Episode 157
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12:47
Simply Prepping - Prepare & Simplify your Finances
In this 4th podcast of the Simple Life meets Prepping series, we’ll dig into a topic that’s as important as it is often overlooked: finances. Now, before you roll your eyes and start thinking, “Oh great, here comes the talk about budgeting and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 156
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14:21
Simply Prepping: A Focus on Skills
Welcome back to the Porch! Grab yourself a few cookies and a cup of coffee and settle in for a bit. Today, we're talking about one of my favorite topics – the skills you need for both prepping and living a simple life. Tune in while we talk abo...
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Season 3
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Episode 155
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12:53
Simply Prepping: Feeding Your Family
Last week, I introduced you to a new, sweet little town called Simply Prepping. For the rest of the month, we’re going to hang out there, and see how the townsfolk are able to bring prepping and living a simple life together, and have it blend ...
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Season 3
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Episode 154
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13:13
Simple Life Meets Prepping
Imagine a life where your pantry holds jars of home-canned vegetables, your evenings are spent enjoying a quiet sunset with loved ones, and your heart is at ease knowing you’re ready for both today and tomorrow. That’s the harmony of living in ...
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Season 3
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Episode 153
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15:12
Entertainment without the Blue Light
In this digital age, it’s easy to rely on our devices for entertainment. Streaming movies, scrolling through social media, or playing games seem to fill every spare moment. But before blue light was a thing, people found meaningful ways to spen...
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Season 4
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Episode 152
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12:34
Finding Your Passion Within a Simple Life
Finding your passion can sometimes feel elusive. Either you have too many ideas to choose from, or you can’t pinpoint a single one. It’s easy to get stuck in uncertainty, but discovering your passion doesn’t have to be overwhelming. By focusing...
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Season 4
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Episode 151
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11:17
Grandma's Approach to Time Management
You may think some of Grandma’s time management ideas are old-fashioned, but no matter who you are or what you are doing, it’s inevitable that life will throw you a curve ball – or a broken phone. That’s when you need to sit down on the porch a...
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Season 4
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Episode 150
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12:38
Falling in Love with a Simple Life
With Valentine’s Day on the 14th of February, it’s no wonder we think about love during this month. We love the exhilaration of a new romance, and the security and comfort of a long-term relationship. But no matter its age, love is a whirlwind ...
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Season 4
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Episode 149
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11:52
Assessing Your Simple Life
Have you ever been driving along the road and had to swerve to miss a pothole? Sometimes, traffic or timing will prevent you from going around it, and it’s deep enough to make your teeth rattle and wonder if it ripped the muffler off of your ca...
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Season 4
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Episode 148
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13:39