Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there. ~Paulo Coelho Dear Reader, This past bleak and icy Monday, I woke from a deep dream state, ready for the new day. Allowing my memory to guide me, I refrained from lighting the path. Daylight comes soon enough, and so I cherish each dark hour of morning, abundant with potential. Although it's the heart of my home, the kitchen...
8 days ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Faith includes noticing the mess, emptiness, and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns ~Anne Lamott Dear Reader, Happy New Moon and Solstice Weekend, and congratulations on having courageously navigated the darkest days of the year. Now it's time to welcome the season that so poignantly honors white spaces and celebrates each daily increase in light. With careful attention, take note of the spaciousness that has begun to...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Faith includes noticing the mess, emptiness, and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns ~Anne Lamott Dear Reader, Happy New Moon and Solstice Weekend, and congratulations on having courageously navigated the darkest days of the year. Now it's time to welcome the season that so poignantly honors white spaces and celebrates each daily increase in light. With careful attention, take note of the spaciousness that has begun to...
19 days ago • 2 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Faith includes noticing the mess, emptiness, and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns ~Anne Lamott Dear Reader, Happy New Moon and Solstice Weekend, and congratulations on having courageously navigated the darkest days of the year. Now it's time to welcome the season that so poignantly honors white spaces and celebrates each daily increase in light. With careful attention, take note of the spaciousness that has begun to...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. “I dwell in possibility…”― Emily Dickinson Dear Reader, It seems our 4-inch snowpack from last week is planning to stay, which would ordinarily keep me out of the garden, except for this one thing. Under that layer, there is something worth harvesting and a story that wants to be told. As I'm sure you have come to realize, I’m a born experimenter. I love nothing more than a wild first attempt, and envisioning second tries can be equally...
29 days ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. The inner is foundation of the outerThe still is master of the restlessThe Sage travels all dayyet never leaves his inner treasure ~Lao Tzu Dear Reader, If I had any doubts, my garden duty shift was complete; this week’s arrival of a thick blanket of snow made it clear. Unlike the earlier flurries, this has some staying power, and the single-digit night temps will ensure that is true. This glistening white covering may have closed the door to...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Each end is always a beginning, because nothing ever ends totally, nothing can ever end. Everything continues, only forms change. ~Osho Dear Reader, Today marks the third anniversary of our arrival in Keene, a period in time that challenged me to grow in the most unexpected ways. Arriving at dusk on the 29th of November, with an ice storm brewing, we carried our bags into a cold, empty, kitchenless house. Quite unaware that I had stepped into a...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Given all you have, who will you be? ~Hiliary Barret Dear Reader, I wonder just how often it is that we linger on the edge of our full potential. Unaware of all that is within reach, we stall, spin in place or in some cases follow a path that was never ours to take. The Sun has been transiting through Gate 14 that offers up glimpses of our potential. The question to contemplate is the quote above, given all you have who will you be? Perhaps at...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications. ~Nora Ephron Dear Reader, The window for remaining garden tasks is quickly closing. Throughout the week, I've only managed to snatch a bit of time here and there when the sun broke through the overcast skies and temperatures hovered above freezing. In those short stretches, I found a way to slip in a few more bulbs, plant a peony root, or...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read