Homemaker Portrait | Bess Hawthorne

Send me a text about this episode!In this episode, I am chatting with Bess Hawthorne, seasoned homemaker and host of the Come Over for Dinner Podcast, about her experience keeping a home for the last 29 years. She shares her journey of raising 5 kids and juggling some homeschooling and some working out side the home during those years. We cover all the usual ground of beginnings, influences, priorities, challenges and more—she has one of the best homemaker fail stories I’ve heard yet! Bess offers some great ideas for inviting kids into homemaking and she draws from her own experience and her podcast guests’ suggestions to give lots of hot tips for recipes and hospitality. NOTES & LINKSApply or Nominate a Friend to Be Out Guest this Fall! Deadline, August 13, 2025Episode Companion Blog Post for all links, resources and recipesConnect with Bess Podcast Website | Instagram Allison's Interview on Come Over for DinnerMentioned in this EpisodeBible Reading ChallengeRobert Murray M'Cheyne Reading Calendar (RMM)Bess' favorite homemaking resource: Technavorm Mocha Master KDT coffee potSignature Dish: Chicken & RiceCall to Action HomeworkWhat ONE idea are you going to implement from today's episode? I'd love to hear about it! Send me a text using the link above, or send me an email,  or share with the FB group in Homemaker Forum. Support the showHOMEMAKING RESOURCESHomemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal MagazinePrivate Facebook Group, Homemaker ForumJR Miller's Homemaking Study GuideSUPPORT & CONNECT Review | Love The Podcast Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email  Follow | Follow The PodcastSupport | theartofhomepodcast.com/supportDISCLOSURE**Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommendAI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.