Month: July 2025

Coping with Loss: The Importance of Community in Grief

Coping with Loss: The Importance of Community in Grief

This week has been filled with news of celebrities passing away, and as we returned from Lakeside we learned of the brother in law of Steve’s friend passing suddenly. Death is always that silent thought in the back of each of our lives. When we 

The future

The future

What are your future travel plans? We plan, but god laughs! Planning the future is a delicate balance of looking forward, while making sure I am not running ahead of God. I will say that our business remains the center of our lives, and as 

Society

Society

What would you change about modern society? Well, I would take away the unhealthy selfish competition and accept everyone as they are. I would cheer on ideas like cities planting fruit trees in public areas so everyone can access fresh fruit. Our society prides itself 

Seasons Change, We adapt

Seasons Change, We adapt

In the summer of 2010, amidst a turbulent time of unemployment, financial stress and general upturn of our lives our soap business was born. And the only thing we knew at that time was to set up at tent at farm markets and small art 

Listen while you work

Listen while you work

What do you listen to while you work? I’m a big fan of just music- depending on the mood it can be Beethoven, or contemporary Christian, cool jazz or 80s rock. But sometimes it’s a book on tape, and often it’s chapters of the Bible.