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In Bloom

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

Posted by Kate Spring in Nature/Environment

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echinacea, nature, photography, Seasons of Beauty, summer

“Keep reinventing the way you love yourself.”  

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Traveling Light

25 Saturday Jul 2015

Posted by Kate Spring in Nature/Environment, Wildness

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nature, photography, Seasons of Beauty, summer, travel, Vermont

Morning Light

Summer grows roots from my feet into the soil of this land.  The sun bleaches streaks of blonde in my strawberry hair, and freckles emerge like seeds on my skin.

The earth and light do their part to keep me here, though the wind blows in some afternoons and I feel the old pull of travel tug at my chest.

On morning walks with the dogs, Waylon on my back, I follow worn paths through the forest and imagine the roots of my feet rolling up and down the land like waves, loosening my body with each step so I may follow the breath of air.

Some mornings before I finish my tea, the light travels for me, and I step outside to move with the rising mist and sun rays filtering down toward the soil, whispering a single word: soften.

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I remember the tug I often feel while traveling, to stop in one place and dig in, to find the veins of the land and match my rhythm to their pulse.

The morning turns to day imperceptibly, suddenly, and tasks take their place in my mind as the sun rises high into a clear sky.  It’s time to tend to the fields now.

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All day the light travels, bringing evening about, and we hang our tools and prepare dinner and sit outside to eat as the earth tilts away from the sun and the sky dances itself into sunset.

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The air is still and my chest is quiet and my soles root into grass.

The light deepens into night, and though I’ve not left this land all day, I’ve witnessed movement, been part of the full round stretch of day and the long exhale of twilight.

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To be alive and full and whole

18 Saturday Jul 2015

Posted by Kate Spring in Morning Inspiration, Wildness

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life, nature, photography, Seasons of Beauty, spirituality, summer

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To be seen.  To be free.  To be alive and full and whole–the yearnings of soul.

Evening comes and the sun lights upon the horizon, it’s rays like open petals before dusk: an invitation, an opening, an ease of light to quell the ache of longing.

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A Clearing in the Wild

12 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by Kate Spring in Seasons, Wildness

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beauty, life, nature, photography, Red Tail Ring, Seasons of Beauty, summer

RWS_0036There are times when the roads of my inner landscape are covered with rocks, and my ankles feel weak, and I’m not sure which way to go, until a note of beauty strikes my ears and I gulp in the sounds directing me aright.  There are times when life is so full that the smallest ounce of beauty brings me to tears.

Beauty doesn’t hide in the realm of joy.  That’s it’s power–it’s ability to catch us as we stumble, it’s ability to wake us from blindness, to hold us in sadness, to guide us through pain.

There is so much beauty in this world.  Why can’t we bathe in it, share it, spread it?

That’s what I’m after now, to share beauty with you all.  So I share with you this song, A Clearing in the Wild, by Red Tail Ring, which struck a chord in my heart and re-awakened a longing that pulls me to the wilderness:

“let yourself go
sigh like the rapids
breathe down your body
let the dam overflow
and release the day like a thunder of sparrows
and lie in the stillness when everything’s gone.”

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It’s high summer, when computer time dwindles and the fields keep me outside.  I turn my posts now to frames of beauty, to moments of stillness and moments of wonder and moments that rush through my heart, beating me alive.

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Welcome to The Good Heart Life: an organic gardening and lifestyle blog where we grow beauty, joy, and nourishment for the body, soul, and earth. I'm Kate Spring: organic farmer, mother, and chief inspiration officer at Good Heart Farmstead and The Good Heart Life. Grow along with us, and together we'll cultivate a more lively, joyful world one {organic} seed at a time.

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Lettuce, Herbs, Scallions, Spinach, Salad Turnips, Baby Beets 🌱 the vibrant taste of green after a long, snowy winter. Mmmmm — What's your favorite spring green? Mine's sweet spinach, especially in a smoothie. — Want some? The Good Heart Spring CSA Share begins in just 28 days 🌱And when you sign up by this Sunday, you'll not only get a fresh share of local food each week, but you'll also be entered to win a Good Heart Canvas Tote Bag. — There are only 15 more Spring shares available! So be quick like a pea shoot and get yours soon 🌱link in profile
A friend in California just planted sweet peas outside...we're harvesting icicles from the rooftop ❄️ What about you? Are you planting outside or still bundling up? — I love winter, but I admit: when I heard her say she spent the weekend planting, the first longing for spring sprouted inside me 🌱
"Sustainability is an act of love." ~ Melody Walker Brook, Abenaki artist, educator & activist — I presented at all three sessions on Sunday, but my favorite part of the @nofavermont winter conference was Melody Walker Brook's keynote speech, "Eight Sisters: Connection to Place Through an Abenaki Lens" — And every year, I love these little art cards that NOFA-VT gives away. Here's to diverse communities, to seeds we sow together, and to the possibilities that sprout when we listen and learn from many voices 🌱
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“There’s something miraculous that happens in a garden. It’s a place where, if you can’t say ‘I love you’ out loud, you can say it in seeds. And the earth will reciprocate, in beans.” -Robin Wall Kimmerer — In 2009, my first summer farming, late blight wiped out tomatoes across the Northeast, and my 2 1/2 year relationship fell apart. Loss and growth intertwined that summer, and I think if I hadn't been heartbroken, I wouldn't have fallen so in love with farming. — But the land held me that summer, and every time I moved goats, pigs, and chickens to fresh pasture, every time I planted a new crop and harvested a mature one, I learned there was a way to move forward and keep growing myself. — At the root of it, farming is love. If you find you're in a place where you can't say I love you out loud today, plant some seeds. The earth will reciprocate, and what grows may change your life. — If you want to read the whole story, hop over to The Good Heart Life blog {link in profile}
This little yurt was the first structure at Good Heart. It's where we sprouted the dreams we'd been holding for years, where we started our family, where Waylon came into the world. And now it's all tucked in with snow. — When we moved out of the yurt in 2015, I was SO excited for more space, windows, and real insulation. But I'm always thankful for this circular space and how it taught us to live closely and communicate authentically. (It's hard to hide your frustrations when living in a 20' circle!) — Love comes in many forms, and one of those is a yurt. Thanks for being our beginning.

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