I took the day off of work today and gifted myself some space and time to just be. No work or email or online miscellaneous (until now 😉 ). No chores, no lists. I made an agreement with myself to do nothing I didn’t want to do. Faced with this…
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This post could have easily be called, “On remembering why we started”. Though I microblog a lot these days, there are times I’m not sure how to even address the battles happening on the farm and within myself… And so I wait to find the right words at the right…
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I’d like to formally introduce you to my next Chapter and new business: Straightforward Woo. But before I get into all things Woo, I’d like to start by saying that this space isn’t going anywhere, so don’t worry 🙂 Ever Growing Farm will continue to grow and I will continue to…
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Today felt as though it should have been a big day… The weeks and days leading up to it surely did. And yet, how does one go about marking a decade of missing one’s mother? I thought there would be streams of tears and a deep, raw sadness. I thought…
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With temperatures in the high 40s and mid-50s for well over a week now, our property is a mess of mud and puddles everywhere the sun hits (and yet still pure sheets of ice where it doesn’t). The mud makes taking care of the animals a definite chore…especially when hauling…
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In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been allowing myself the space to rest… to do nothing…or very little… while dreaming big and allowing my desires to float up to the top and dance in front of my imagination. In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been brainstorming ways to…
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This is one of those things I wasn’t sure would ever see the light of day in this space mostly because it doesn’t fit my “niche”. But, while catching up with all of the NanoPoblano participants this morning, I came across this post, to which I replied, “We are here…
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After nine years of partnership, Kim and I finally tied the knot on September 5th in our very own Farm Wedding! We planned and prepped and pulled everything together with a nine week turnaround time and enjoyed the most phenomenal weekend filled with family and friends, food and shots, hilarity…