Every year I choose a word of the year: 2017 was gentle; 2018 community; 2019 was alignment. This year it’s connection. Not just the surface connection of social media follows and likes — but true, deep-rooted, honest connection. Pulling back the layers, diving into the deeper aspects of farming, mothering, running a business, and what …
Writing is what got me into farming. The words of authors who dug, planted, harvested, and grew their lives in relation to roots and soil are what set the seed inside of me to grow this life, too. Like farming, the writing life is lived in seasons. In her new book, Wild Words: rituals, routines, …
Wild Words: writing through the seasons with Nicole Gulotta Read More »
“I’m not sure I can make the time” “I can’t figure out how to fit it into my schedule” “I’m worried I’m too busy to commit — and that I won’t be able to complete what I set out to do.” Time. It’s the number one thing that stops you from growing your writing practice …
You know that saying “bloom where you are planted”? I don’t think you should. Yes, there’s power in finding and creating beauty wherever you are, but that saying misses a critical difference between human and plants: We have feet. We can put ourselves where we want to be. So last Friday I left the farm …
Today is all about creativity and intentional living. Okay, everyday around here is about those two things, but today especially.A few weeks ago, our friends and farm yurt-dwellers Lydia and Charles moved out of the yurt and into a 1983 VW Vanagon. Lydia’s a talented oil painter, and for the past two years, …
Creativity, Intentional Living & Slowing Down: An Interview with Artist Lydia Gatzow Read More »
I left the farm for a weekend and flew south to Tennessee for a writing conference. No matter how far I go from the farm, though, I always seek out farmers—so I started Saturday with a visit to the Franklin Farmers Market, where I picked up some fresh turmeric from a farmer who told me, …
