Welcome to our little corner of the internet, where we’ll talk about the ups and downs on the way to a better life.
We’re a bunch of people sharing our favorite hobbies, things to do, places to visit, and anything else we find enjoyable on our journey to a better life.
What is Springtime In My Soul?
Springtime In My Soul is a place for positive, inspirational, motivational quotes and stories., and we hope you’ll join us in dreaming of your own best life
We hope you’ll join us in dreaming and planning for your better future:
- living healthier
- saving for retirement
- growing your own food
- embracing simplicity
- becoming role models for the younger generation
- helping others
- and whatever else “a better future” means to you.
We’d love to get to know each other and encourage each other along the way. There won’t be any judgment here: we’re all on our own journey, and we come from different backgrounds and situations.
But we WILL be here to encourage and even push when needed. Together, we can move mountains!
We’ll bring you lots of healthy living and natural beauty ideas, as well as tips and tricks for personal development to make your life easier and more meaningful.
We’d love to hear from you: never hesitate to send us your questions.
We’re glad you stopped by: pull up a chair, and stay a while to see the many ideas we have for you here.
Meet The People Behind Springtime In My Soul
Scott & Jeanie
My wife and I live in paradise, and we are having a blast researching, buying, testing, and making recommendations about different gadgets, electronics, toys, and tools.
We are baby boomers, in our early 70s, and live on three gorgeous acres tucked inside a beautiful National Forest. Our goal in buying the land was to create a comfortable, efficient homestead, with an eye towards self-sufficiency, if one-day TSHTF (the shit hits the fan). We have a ways to go to get it just the way we want it, but as it stands now, you wouldn’t mind living here at all.
We sometimes jokingly say to each other that we own the perfect piece of land, live in the perfect house, with the perfect bed, perfect TV set, perfectly equipped kitchen, perfect toys, etc and etc.
Our roles in this project – compare gadgets & pick the best
Jeanie, my wife, had her first “Mother Earth” phase in the 1980s, while she was in her thirties.
She lived in an old restored farmhouse on 5 acres, planted huge gardens, a grape vineyard, fruit tree orchard, berry bushes. She made bread, canned vegetables, made homemade jelly, brewed beer, and made orange wine.
She is now well into her second Mother Earth stage, this time, with me. She is not happy unless she has several projects going at once, ’til it turns into a 3-ring circus! A website like this is perfect for her; she stays on top of all the latest gadgets anyway, may as well do something constructive with that.
I grew up on a small farm in the rich black soil of South Jersey.
I earned my Green Thumb helping my Mom harvest sweet Jersey corn (the best in the world!). As a boy, though, I thrived on mechanical devices… dirt bikes, road bikes, boats…I think I have gasoline in my veins instead of blood.
I have operated my own import car repair shop, worked as an outboard marine mechanic, boat rigger, and finally became a boat captain, delivering large luxury boats to wealthy customers. Now I am retired and working on our new website. The orange beast above is one of my favorite toys.
Jeanie calls the barn my “Heat and Light Emporium” because of my long love affair with antique lanterns and stoves. I have collected over 200 rare Coleman lanterns!
We are both huge builders and “tinkerers” and love our gadgets dearly. Jeanie is more the household, cooking, office, and electronics “guru”, while I am the mechanic, gadget tinkerer extraordinaire, and master toy collector.
Our sons and a passel of grand kids live on the compound next door and keep us up to speed on the latest gaming gear, smartphones, and Internet mysteries only children can unravel.
Happy Gadgeting!
Melissa Moravec
I reside in the beautiful Napa Valley in Northern California. I am a winemaker and a grape grower with a small wine brand, Casa Carneros. I am also a passionate orchid grower who has been growing orchids for over 33 years.