Gratitude to be here, in this life, on this farm, with my favorite people.  Including this one:
Have a great weekend, everyone!

I drove slowly , heart in my throat, Ella in the backseat, as Ben and Cole made their way through the center of our town to our bean field on the riding cultivator for the first time.

And then they, with our amazing friend and farming partner Seth, proceeded to rock the field, weeding and hilling ...
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Love her summer cooking outfit – panties with an apron.
With a broken camera (oh that fateful final “click!”), family visiting, and no internet at home, the time is ripe for a blog summer break!  Only for a week or so, and then we’ll be back.  In the meantime, pop over to www.localgrain.org to see a ...
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We woke up early Wed morning to bleating.  Ben said, “Do you hear those new lambs?” and I lept out of bed, waking Ella.  She started crying but when Ben told her the new lambs were here, she jumped to her feet, too, tears filling her eyes, hand to her mouth, saying, “Oh, I had ...
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Remember Nicola’s excellent group, A Step Towards Balance?  I’ve been very neglectful in my posts about it, but I have been using it in my life.  Questioning, does this thought or this action bring me closer to the life I want, or further away?  As Pema Chodron asks, Am I making peace, or ...
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Grateful for those few moments this week, amid the hustle and bustle, that I found to be still, to find some new words, like these:

by Antonio Malchudo, translation from Spanish by Robert Bly
Last night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt — marvelous error! -
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret ...
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