There is a stretch of space in my days that gets to live between the coop and the kitchen.
It’s where eggs are gathered with cold fingers in the morning, where plans are made slowly and often changed by weather, animals, or the quiet needs of home. It’s not quite work and not quite rest — just life as it unfolds.
That space is where this journal lives.
Between Coop and Kitchen is not meant to be polished and perfect. It’s a place to write down what I’m growing, cooking, learning, and noticing — season by season, day by day. Some entries may be practical: what I’ve planted, harvested, what’s on the table. Others may be quieter reflections on home, creativity, and the small day-to-day work that fills my life.
I’ve always felt that so much of what matters happens in the in-between moments. The ordinary ones. The ones that don’t photograph perfectly or fit neatly into a caption. This blog is an attempt to honor those moments — to hold them still long enough to really look at them.
You’ll find posts about the garden and the chickens, recipes I return to again and again, pieces of home that feel lived-in and loved, and the changing seasons as they pass through my days. Nothing here is meant to be an instruction manual! It’s simply a record — a journal — of what I’m tending to right now.
If you’ve found your way here, you’re welcome to stay awhile. Read slowly. Come back when you feel like it. This space will be here, growing quietly in its own time.
-Kaytin
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