I recently ran across a story about a Native American tribal leader describing his own inner struggles.  He said, “There are two dogs inside me.  One of the dogs is mean and evil.  The other dog is good.  The mean dog fights the good dog all the time.”  Someone asked him which dog usually wins, ...
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This has been a hard season for me.  I am so grateful for the chance to have another child, and I knew this summer would be different than last, but still.  My brain is still sometimes as driven as ever, not having fully accepted the present.  I used to say that corpse pose (the long ...
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First, a quick look back at March’s small change – handwashing our laundry.  I’m still doing it!  It’s turned out to not be much more work, our clothes are way cleaner, and I don’t have to listen to the hideous machine chugging.  Woo hoo!  A quick lesson that hand washing taught me, which can be ...
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This week, I’m grateful for the restorative powers of a calm day at home.
I’m grateful for this yoga sequence, which rescued me from serious back pain.
Grateful for this quote from Ella, as we were on our way to a grain meeting: “. . . and I’m going to talk about emmer!”
Grateful for this reminder from ...
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(using the apartment’s towel rack to wind some Mountain Mohair)
First, can I just say that it is so good to be home?  We went to Montreal for two reasons, really.  One is that without physically removing ourselves from home and work, we have a really hard time not working.  Second, when we do travel, we ...
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This weekend started out looking( and feeling) like this – my wheelbarrow, carefully filled with manure, abandoned mid-project, then knocked over before I could get back to finish.  Argh.

We had a visit from a dear family member this weekend, but unfortunately everything felt out of whack this week.  Ella was cranky, I was cranky, and ...
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Grateful for this quote, and the book it’s from, Seven Times the Sun:
“As a parent, there is much I wish to transform in the world.  Until we transform the chaos of family life, we can never hope to transform society . . . the rhythm of family is a crucial catalyst in restoring the rhythm ...
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