As the world sped up and I simply tried to keep up with it all, I almost forgot how to keep up here with regular check ins about the simple pleasures in life. Silly me. And so, this is me, dipping my toes back into the currents with a brand new mid-month check in after…
Spring is almost upon us and I’m so very excited for its arrival! The wind, on the other hand, can kindly show itself out already. The winds on our end of our little valley are always quite intense, but this year is already breaking records and ripping apart infrastructure, so that’s fun. Alas, the seeds…
Isn’t it absolutely wild how the world at large can feel like a dumpster fire while one’s own life can float along rather smoothly? I am/we are, doing well. Life is good. And yet, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop because despite my own personal bubble, there is no true separation between…
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how the technologies that have made our lives easier have also tangled us within their webs… How we’ve been their willing (and often happy) participants… How photos, captions, comments and DMs have, in many cases, replaced face to face interaction, creating virtual communities built around shared interests and…
Late last year I was invited to be a guest on The Rewind Podcast with Kriti and Sara, two Millenial friends from Instagram who wanted to chat with this Gen-Xer. I accepted, we recorded, and it is now live! If you are curious about who I am as a human, farmer, family historian, creative journaler,…
The world, at large, feels especially big for how young the year is, ya know? There are wars still raging, fires destroying whole communities, incoming politics that scare me, and so much more. Thank goodness its Winter and comfort items are on hand and at the ready. Yes, please give me comfy clothes, and soft…
