The Good Life Can Be a Messy Life
I woke up this morning and came down to my office. I should have done yoga. I should have meditated. Instead, I fixed my attention on the woodstove. It’s late May, for Pete’s sake, I shouldn’t need a fire. But I couldn’t stop shivering. I stumbled through the dark outside until I had some kindling […]
Quiet Encouragement
The cat ate the heads off of two of the girls’ baby chicks, the computer completely crashed beyond repair, and three warning lights came on in the car. And then, stopping by the mailbox, I get this. And, that’s about all I need to say, “Heck with it. This is a great day.” I’ll keep […]
The Good Life Can be a Messy Life
The Good Life Can be a Messy Life May 21, 2013 Tags: radical homemaking, family farming I woke up this morning and came down to my office. I should have done yoga. I should have meditated. Instead, I fixed my attention on the woodstove. It’s late May, for Pete’s sake, I shouldn’t need a fire. […]
Anything for a cocktail?!
May 20, 2013 Yes, we have bees to pollinate our fruit trees. But while we generally avoid alcohol during the week, we have a ritual of drinking a martini on Saturday evenings after the farmers’ market. Yet drinking and parenting don’t always mix. So Bob took the girls outside, showed them how to pollinate with […]
Which God do I Choose?
Which God do I Choose? May 14, 2013 If asked, I’d have to say that my spiritual education began somewhere down by the creek bed on the farm, where as a child I pondered the flow of water as I filled my palms to drink, or the miracle of the wild raspberries that hung over […]
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