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, ...
Read More →

Grateful to be less miserably sick (although definitely still recovering).
Grateful for my first food other than miso and chicken broth – I craved cabbage soup.

Grateful for family visiting, warm fires, and these brave little candles in the window.

Grateful that this vest is almost done!  (I took this photo for Yarn Along, but our power was ...
Read More →

I’m grateful for the new cat in our life, a sweet grey fluffy girl named Jasper.
I’m grateful for the arrival of a very dear old friend, who is here for Thanksgiving!
I’m grateful for our customers, and our community, which helps us do the work we love.
I’m grateful for successful homemade tortillas (recipe soon!) for dinner ...
Read More →

Some days, I do not get to start my morning on my mat.
Some days we seem to wake up attached to our difficulties.
Some days feel like walking up a steep hill, sliding on thousands of tiny pebbles.
Some days, thousands of pounds of grain appear and get loaded into your horse stall, ready to be distributed ...
Read More →

This week, I’m grateful for many things – the excitement in the air at the bakery with all the students returning to town, delicious new jam and mustards from Patti on the shelf at Wheatberry, our new tradition at home of veggie pizza on Sundays (so good! and so easy), the chance to help a ...
Read More →

If this be the world
If this be the world, let us continue
as we are today-clean pants
and green sweaters, the river pounding
below us, buttery light coming
through tall windows onto worn
wooden floors. If the truth
cannot be known,
if this be the world, let it go
on.  Where leaves have fallen,
let them fall again.
(c) 2005

First – my favorite moment this week, for which I am so grateful, amidst turmoil and our whole family being really sick:
Standing in the twilight drizzle, feeding the chickens with Ella, watching her gather weeds for them, and “read” them a story about bunnies.
I hope you’ll forgive me for mish-mashing a bunch of things together ...
Read More →

Gratitude for this:
The table cleared, the candles burning low, night coming on.
And this:
These strong men with gentle souls.
* * *
Some places to look and love:
From Kyce – mourning the oil spill, and How to be an Eco-Housewife Tips – really great.
From Heather at Shivaya Naturals – at last, a “ravelry” for sewing: My Sewing Circle, ...
Read More →

I dream that I am a cabbage.
I find an unloved piece of land
and I begin to plant:
two rows of cabbages, and then
I fill the woolen earth with more
seeds.  Carrots, potatoes, squash, wheat.
They grow taller, I tend them gently, at night
I sleep in a bed of soft leaves.
When they are ready, my little cabbages gather their ...
Read More →

(photo by Seth Seeger)
This is taken from far away, but can you see Ella riding on Ben’s back here, while he drives Cole?  Ella, Seth, Cole, and Ben had a little adventure while Mama was baking yesterday afternoon!
(photo by Ben)
Grateful for our good earth.
Grateful for our winter wheat trials coming up, looking healthy and strong.
Grateful ...
Read More →