In my winter meditations I learn to work with my hobgoblins. And it leads me to reflect on the happiness research that tells us that, once our fundamental needs are met, happiness has nothing to do with income. But with a roof over my head, a safe place to sleep and food in my belly, I […]
Keeping Your Family & The Business Together
It was an Irish lamb stew, made from our farm’s grassfed lambs, local root vegetables and a bone broth that we simmered for 72 hours straight. It came with a wedge of fresh baked Irish soda bread with local grassfed butter, a slice of Irish apple cake topped with custard cream, and a pint of […]
Home-Schooled Sex Ed
Did you ever wonder how homeschooled kids get sex ed? I guess, in school, it’s a specific class you take, probably a unit in health class. In our family, it’s just been an ongoing thing. Especially today, in light of some things that have transpired in my kids’ lives. Today’s post is an open letter […]
The Miracle of the Chanterelles
I’m feeling sorry for myself. Ula suggested I come sit beside Panther Creek today to talk to her. To ask her what I should do next. I’m feeling like a victim of Panther Creek. Like she hates me. Like she doesn’t want my business here. Like she’s singled me out for punishment. Like she […]
The Money Paradox
Wanna get rich, like. RIGHT NOW? Check out this excerpt from Redefining Rich, due out from BenBella Books on August 10th. Order it locally, ask your library to get it, or support independent bookstores AND me by ordering it here at Bookshop.org. The Money Paradox I’m not sure how we started talking, but as she […]
Perfectionism
Stay in bed, the small voice inside my head tells me. I don’t like to stay in bed. Stay in bed, it repeats. If you get up, you’ll only make things worse. I CAN’T stay in bed. I’m too restless. I have to fix things. I have to make things right. Or at least I […]
Every Lovely Mess
“Are you the architect of this experience?” I look over my shoulder for the person to whom my guest is referring, perhaps a man in a crisp shirt with a roll of blueprints under his arm. But it’s closing time. The cafe has emptied out for the day. He gestures at my chef’s coat. “This […]
The Script
Hmmmm, hm hm hm hmmmmm Hmmm hmm hmmm hmm hmm hmmmmm Hmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Saoirse’s humming. She hums a lot, on her way to the farm, while she’s doing chores, when she comes back from the farm. Lately, it’s always La Vie En Rose. She’s in a local theater production, a comical historical […]
What happens when a farmer, a roaster & a homemaker all walk into a cafe?
It all turns into a book! This week is a special episode of The Hearth of Sap Bush Hollow podcast, where I’ll give you a sneak peak into Redefining Rich! It will be launching through BenBella Books this August. Toward that end, I’d like to enlist your help. We are looking to put together a […]
The Song Sparrow
He wants me to pick out his glasses. “Anything will do”, I tell him. I lift the binoculars back to my eyes and study a song sparrow on the tip of the Spirea beside the pond, how he draws his breath so deeply, and passionately inflects with his entire body each trill and warble. “But […]
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