2020. Remember back in March when everyone on the internet was like, “learn a new language! Take up painting! Write a book!” I don’t know about you, but all of my energy went into simply managing the deluge of figuring out the logistics of farming in a pandemic, figuring out how to parent in a …
Farming & Writing: The Harvesting Words Scholarship Read More »
Have you wondered if you could be a writer? Have you ever felt your mind wander as you thinned carrots or pruned tomatoes, and turned words over in your head as ideas popped up for an essay or blog post — or maybe even a book? Maybe you’ve felt the pull to add a blog …
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It’s still dark as I write this; the only lights on are the strings around the tree. Yesterday the sun shone so brightly we opened up the greenhouse ridge vent and doors and pulled the row cover off the greens so they could soak up all that light. As much as I love sunny winter …
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 …
