have we talked enough about the weather? the full implications of it all the rain the mud warm morning walks in the brown woods my invisible breath my warm nose it’s not the winter we know skeletal topography exposed fallen trees rotting wet exquisitely green moss the yellow green willows the green green grass around [...]
I spent the summer farming as much as possible, playing hooky from my consulting practice, limiting my volunteer work, squeezing out my writing, and ignoring my housekeeping. It was my fourth summer as the sole farmer on the farm. Finally I felt I perfected every mission critical task and process. I was gung ho to manage [...]
I harvested the last of the asparagus in my former vegetable garden before I turned the cows into the south pasture for the second time this season. It has been a three week streak of me doing farm work in every available hour, and I am feeling smug about my accomplishments. So many seasons past I [...]
With the appearance of tulips, spring morphs from pastels to jewel tones, and the grays and browns of winter are finally crowded from the landscape. My electric orange tulips are the mark of warm days on the farm. Before they arrived, when I needed to be reassured of the end of winter, I purchased a [...]
I am trying to go with the flow. I thought it would improve my technique to know the origin of the phrase. According to UrbanDictionary.com “go with the flow” was first known to be used by Marcus Aurelius who ruled the Roman Empire from 161 to 180. I remember my Grandma Best, a lifetime school [...]
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These photos appear in consecutive order, all taken within a half hour at dusk this evening. The difference in lighting is the camera flash on or off. That brilliant orb in the sky is the moon rising in the east. Tomorrow is the official full moon, 7,000 km closer to the Earth than in the [...]
I believe in the power of the Universe the beneficence of Nature and the sacredness of planet Earth I believe my life here is a gift my work here is my joy and my death here is an opening between this life and the next I believe in life I will be loved as I [...]
It is still deep winter on the farm. A few feet of snow surround the house and it’s raining sideways this morning coating my world with ice. It’s raining inside, too. The collar around the wood stove chimney is dripping noisily on the heat shield and the floor. I have the whole area wrapped in [...]
Watched a PBS special called The Buddha. It helped me get zen about the weather. The people in the film had a delirious peacefulness about them as they explained the antidote to suffering is finding glory in your morning cup-o-Joe. Evidently, when you’re one with the Universe, you’re just too blissed-out to get cranky when [...]