Hull Family Homestead

11/03/2022

A beautiful, moody landscape 😍

10/26/2022

In May I lost my job. It’s been a difficult season of healing and figuring out what comes next. In North Carolina on vacation a few weeks ago, I felt so much healing. I did a second interview for my absolute top choice while on vacation, having found out at The Biltmore Mansion I was one of 3 (out of more than 1000g to make it to round 2. In honor of my journey, my parents bought me this bottle at The Biltmore Winery. Tonight we just cracked it open because I very happily accepted the job today. 🙌💚

10/16/2022

Fall Harvest Salad, Pumpernickel Bread, and Big Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes are all in my latest blog post. Link in linktree in bio!

“Friends, a week away in the forests of the North Carolina mountains has been a balm for my mental health.

Well, that and the fact that I’m two steps away from securing a position that I will not only enjoy and be good at, but that will help secure my family’s financial stability and longterm financial goals. . .”

10/11/2022

Hello, campfire cinnamon rolls. 😍 Nothing else is quite like a brisk fall morning surrounded by leaves and mountains and the smell of fire and sweetness. 💚

10/09/2022

Good morning from Bat Cave, North Carolina! We are camping in the beautiful mountains outside of Asheville for part of the week. Camp coffee tastes better than home coffee, especially when it comes with this sunrise view.

09/28/2022

Turning over new leaves both professionally and seasonally means I feel like making delicious Fall Food. 🍁💚🍂 Head on over to the blog for this recipe for Savory Fall Vegetable and Apple Galette. Link to our linktree in our bio.

09/28/2022

“If you’ve been following along for the past few months, then you’re fully aware that there has been some substantial upheaval at the Homestead. In fact, we’re not really a homestead right now–we’re starting over on almost all of that in our new home. We’ve lost cats (and found him again, thank God!) and beloved jobs. It’s been a time of grieving.

Grief is a fickle thing. It’s not something you can rush through or skip over because you either don’t want to feel it or (as in my case) don’t think you should be feeling it. Losing a job, at least in my book at first, was not high on the “things to grieve” list in the face of so many other more “legitimate” things (loss of family members and loved ones and homes are pretty high up there, though). . .”

If you’ve been following along for the past few months, then you’re fully aware that there has been some substantial upheaval at the Homestead. In fact, we’re not really a homeste…

09/14/2022

Good evening and long time no post. I’ve been quiet lately because I am in the middle of an identity shift. What needs to be pulled forward? What needs to be pushed aside? We moved and now need to start the homestead all over and I also lost my job.

These photos highlight a few of the things I’ve been doing all summer: making delicious vegetarian food, walking outside A LOT, exploring nature, interviewing for new jobs, and diving into writing again. Today I started mapping out a book. Last week I wrote a research-y blog post about job searching. On my phone I type four-line poems when the mood strikes.

I have always been a writer first, from the time I really knew how to write. I crave the buzz of the brainstorm, the insights and learning of research, and the quiet conversation I imagine taking place as I compose. I love it and am now actively pursuing writing and editing jobs. As much as I care about teaching and education, I’m now 40. I think it’s time to let myself be what I’ve always known I was.

As we work to stabilize our lives, I’d like to write on the blog more, it just may be content different from what you expect. I can’t plan the gardens yet until I can pay our bills. We can’t renovate this tiny kitchen yet, either. We can’t really do much of the things we are known for doing at Hull Family Homestead. But, this is also a part of who we are. We’re both artists who reached for more attainable things to make money, but at the end of the day, we are still the 25 year old kids hiking mountains and dreaming of poems and paintings. I am excited to share more of it with you all. . .

And also, hopefully, sometimes even a recipe or two. 💚

08/10/2022

Today was a strange and beautiful day that also felt a little like Autumn might be here soon. With a sick kiddo and almost constant drizzle, it felt like the absolute right day to make The Good Ramen for the first time since early spring. I made mine a shiitake mushroom broth and the rest of the family got chicken, and then after dinner we lit the first Autumn candle, got out a board game, and had a nice glass of amaretto (which is also a cooler weather after-dinner drink if choice that we suddenly felt like circling back to again). 💚

07/29/2022

Beautiful sky this evening. 😍

07/23/2022

Just enjoying a few quiet hours on a dreary day reading in our library room, complete with chess table and musical instruments. 😍 Have I mentioned lately how much I love our new house? 🥰

07/05/2022

I wasn’t lying when I said I was feeling more settled in my new kitchen! Here’s a few photos of meals from this past week: strawberry salad, sheet pan pizza, and white bean and cherry farro salad. I hope to have some of these (or all!) on the blog this week.