8.2 Room by Room: The Kitchen, Pantry, and Laundry Room

8.4: Bedrooms, Bathrooms, and the Master Bedroom

This is a 3-chapter episode, so we try to provide breaks as we discuss the Master Bedroom, other Bedrooms, and the Bathrooms. As with the other rooms, we discuss the function, order, beauty, and cleanliness of each space in a conversational style. Show Notes: * Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon Morell * Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Sewing (August Giveaway) * A Housewife Writes: What Our Grandmothers Can Teach Us About Making a Home (Book 1) by Amalia B. Clemen & Laurie Aaron Hird * The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill * Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis * Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson * Summa Domestica: Housekeeping, Vol. 3 By Leila Marie Lawler * Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore by Patric Richardson

Seasonal Episode: Litha

The summer is here! This is a great time to review because reviewing is how we learn and grow. We also need to look forward so we're ready for all that the summer holds. When we finish with the seasons, Sarah and Abby discuss the current HearthKeeper Book Club book. Show Notes: * Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon Morell * A Housewife Writes: What Our Grandmothers Can Teach Us About Making a Home (Book 1) by Amalia B. Clemen & Laurie Aaron Hird * Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson * Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of CS Lewis by Michael Ward

8.3 Room by Room: The Dining Room and the Living Room

Join us for a discussion about the dining room, dining room table, and living room. We'll talk about the traditional function of the rooms and how we've modified our spaces to work for us. Show Notes: * Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon Morell * Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson * Stoneheart by Abby D. Jones and Alana Asby * Dopamine Décor: Style Your Home with Color, Joy andFun by Kate Rose Morgan (Book Review [https://www.hearthkeeper.org/education/xyznnn99qdy8z7o1f19s35848ar0qh?rq=living%20room]) * Dining Room Article [https://www.hearthkeeper.org/blog-1/room-by-room-dining-room?rq=dining%20room] * Living Room (Part 1) [https://www.hearthkeeper.org/blog-1/room-by-room-the-living-room-part-1?rq=living%20room] * Living Room (Part 2) [https://www.hearthkeeper.org/blog-1/room-by-room-living-room-part-2?rq=living%20room]

8.2 Room by Room: The Kitchen, Pantry, and Laundry Room

The goal of this episode is to inspire us to love our homes for the tools that they are and to build our affection for them. Because we're discussing all three spaces, we've included intermissions and encourage you to build in your own. Show Notes: * Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon Morell * Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson * The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, and On Fairy-Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien * Quote from The House Witch [https://www.hearthkeeper.org/blog-1/kihpxqkps4bjipybc3q0n1673gjpqw?rq=kitchen] * Quote from Making Things Pretty [https://www.hearthkeeper.org/blog-1/yob3c479butlilm4yoy9x22oeyglgq?rq=kitchen] * Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey * The Complete Book of Home Organization: 200+ Tips and Projects by Toni Hammersley

Bonus Episode: Beltane

Join our discussion about preparing for the summer season, from closets to thrifting, birthday cards to chickens, and our latest book club read. We also have rabbit trails, rabbit zig-zags, and twice remind you, dear listener, that we aren't processionals and we don't claim to be. Show Note: * Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson * On Fairy-Stories by JRR Tolkien * Everyday Intuition: What Psychology, Science, and Psychics Can Teach Us About Finding and Trusting our Inner Voice by Elizabeth Greenwood * The Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease and the Statin-Free Plan that Will by Johnny Bowden and Stephen Sinatra * Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness by Sally Fallon Morell * How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn