I Kept Thinking of Fargo

If a 90 horsepower wood chipper runs in a wood lot and no one is there to listen, does it make a sound? I took this shot on Sunday afternoon, about an hour into the process. The area around the chipper looks good, but before was piled five feet high with brush, all of which [...]

Oh, Asparagus

What a spectacular weekend. My body is so spent from all of the work accomplished in two days. So spent. I woke up to another bout of IBS which was just another icky Monday—the third one in a row. See a pattern developing? Perhaps I’m just allergic to my job. Anyway, the weekend! I woke [...]

Vitamin D and Golden Light So Good for the Spirit

Saturday morning and the sun is streaming in various windows around the house. The heat is off and we slept with a window open last night, a deep, glorious Friday-and-I’m-so-tired-sleep. Yum. In case I’m unable to make time for real posts over the weekend, here’s the plan… Chris’ friend brought over his mammoth branch (log) [...]

Notes on becoming grounded

Feeling quiet this morning. Like I want to speak in the softest voice possible and move slowly and with intention. I hope to carry this into the busy day ahead and lean into the soft cushion of my centered self when the world of ringing phones, incoming email and urgent seekers pop their heads into [...]

Weave a Blanket of Cold Comfort With Threads of the Past

Dreamed all night of someone who is long, long gone, but not without a trace. I came across some photography of his in a magazine online and my armpits grew damp and sticky as I stared into the dark, weathered eyes of the corn farmer in Mexico (?) who wasn’t looking at me really, but [...]

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