[The Challenge Chronicles #1] Reconnection and Sharing
This article was initially written for those of you who have followed my work over the past couple of decades. Whether you are reconnecting with me or new here: Welcome! I hope you find The Challenge Chronicles helpful as we navigate the challenges of an increasingly...
Making Room for Magic: Weeding While Walking
In late summer of 2017, we had a painful new learning on the farm through an encounter with a disease we had not previously even known about. It led to a new practice that has had unexpected benefits. The disease, PEM (Polioencephalomalacia), shows up randomly in...
Feeding Dreams, Nurturing Goals and Life Rising
Sometimes this experience of being a physical human is unpleasant and uncomfortable. It just is. And then there are those moments when - if we're paying attention - Something Wonderful Happens. A baby is born. A team connects and meshes. A vision becomes reality. An...
Learning, Legitimacy and The Culture of Impatience
A story about expanding what is possible and transforming a culturally-mandated bias. Recently, I decided to adopt an online software system as a tool for my business. Before committing, however, I watched my VA demo the software. She breezed through the software's...
Holding On, Letting Go, and Creating Space for Grace
A story about finding the capacity in which determination and surrender can co-exist. This article takes a deeper look at the questions explored in the original posting on Facebook, on 12 April, 2018. April , 2018 A chilly night in a barn during spring lambing plus an...
Triplets and Breach Births and the Glory of Unexpected Outcomes
A story about birth and how the things we want, plan for, yearn for - don't always show up as planned. And - how wonderful that can be. I was able to experience this with a literal birth experience here on the farm where I share my life with one man, 2 cats, 3 dogs,...