they were right
I didn’t see it happen, but I saw the day go by. That morning, making the rounds, I noticed that the blackberries were all still pink and red. Looking nice, but nothing new. Later that sunny afternoon,...
View Articleok, so we did break one glass….
i guess it was about 13 or 14 years ago, in the earliest years of our farming and parenting, paul and i accepted an invitation for dinner and an overnight with a child-less couple in our csa. we were...
View Articlelove with a drop of chaos
the extended family converges once a year here on the farm, travelling from both coasts. this time is so special, so full, i don’t want to waste more than a minute of it in front of the screen. i will...
View Articlewhat’s the hurry?
A fine breeze is blowing today. The air is remarkably cooler and so clear. The bright, crisp blue sky is dotted with picture-perfect poofy white clouds. I could almost convince myself that today is a...
View Articlea day in the life
Years ago, at a CSA pick-up, we were chatting with a couple of sweet shareholders who had homesteading ambitions of their own. It was mid-summer, when we were in the thick of harvest and food...
View Articleletting them grow
Things feel different around here these days. It’s really quiet and there are remarkably fewer dishes in the sink. Last week our dear friends were visiting from Nashville. On Friday, when it was time...
View Articlewith y’all
there are many things i adore about operating a community supported farm. i appreciate the financial stability this model offers to our small family farm. i enjoy the diversity that this structure...
View Articlesunday, funday…..hmmmmm
one would think that we as a farming family would embrace the week’s final day: our lone “day off”, the schedule free culmination to a week of “must dos” and “have tos”, the sunday. likely someone...
View Articlecousin love
i first met paul’s cousin’s from californa 5 years ago at a family wedding. we left the farm for 2 wonderful weeks that autumn travelling around the bay area, marin, mendocino, napa and sonoma counties...
View Articletwice daily
Twice daily, I spend some time meditating on a cow. As the length of the days are right now, my chore time is basically coinciding with sunrise and sunset. I can’t think of a better way to start and...
View Articleright now :: creekside knitting
Opal has become a prolific knitter over the past year or so. More prolific than me lately, as it seems all of the hours that fill my days get filled by so many other things. I’ve been craving getting...
View Articlerandom
It’s been one of those weeks. My mind is in a billion different places, and my feet are tripping over themselves in my haste to get to wherever it is I am going. Our summer season in the garden and on...
View Articlethe right medicine
As the season winds down, we start getting bookish around here. Even though the to-do list is still too long, I see school buses out on the roads and start thinking that we ought to do our own version...
View Articleright now :: new friends
Meet Bill. The heron. Ira befriended “Bill” the first day of our vacation. My bird-sensitive little guy noticed this particular heron had some fishing line wrapped around his leg, and was limping a...
View Articlefirsts
The first frost of the season settled on the farm over the weekend. We knew it was coming, as we saw nearly a 50 degree temperature drop in just a few days, but somehow never feel fully prepared for...
View Articleinspired
Each autumn when my family takes our annual vacation to the beach, I spend a good deal of time knitting. You might have figured out by now that I love to knit. But during the busy months of spring and...
View Articlethe things we do
the circus was in town. one day. two shows. madeline caught wind of it on a recent trip to the library where the posters were hanging. i had noticed the advertisements as well but was too busy to...
View Articleright now::more firsts
Since Cher brought up the subjects of “firsts” last week, I just have to continue that stream, as we’ve had a series of our own. The kids were big enough this year to enjoy a trip into the BIG CITY on...
View Articlehands on.
All of the rain that has been falling lately seems to be driving home the fact that the seasonal shift from mostly outdoors to mostly indoors is upon us. Here I think I can speak for my fellow...
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