• Everything Else,  Family

    This Moment – Spring Weekend

    {this moment} A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. xoxo, M

  • Corned Beef and Cabbage
    Eat,  Family

    Corned Beef and Cabbage

    There are those who can trace their ancestry back hundreds and hundreds of years.  I am not among them.  Yes, my maternal Grandmother’s father came over from Ireland when he was a child, but that’s all I’ve got beyond stories and jumbled memories from a childhood filled with a storyteller’s stories…you know, a mind that takes facts and turns them…

  • Love Lasts
    Family

    Love Lasts When…

    Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and with it can come all the stress and sadness and invalidation that a system based on commercializing everything under the sun has so successfully created. Now, please don’t get me wrong, I love LOVE itself, just not the machine that’s been created around a specific day on the calendar that can serve as…

  • this moment - Sprout with buff
    Everything Else,  Family

    This Moment

    {this moment inspired by Soule Mama} If you’re inspired to do the same, please leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all of us to find and see. xoxo, M

  • Family

    Sprout in the Garden – Reflections on Growth and Change

    This girl of ours, who we lovingly call Sprout, seems to have a soft spot in her heart for the outdoors. From sitting with the chickens to reading about the all the things you can grow, harvest and eat in the garden to going for a short walk, Sprout just smiles and talks and laughs about it the whole time.…

  • Bees & Pollinators,  Chickens,  Family,  Grow,  Harvest

    2013 Lessons & Reflections

    What a whirlwind 2013 has proven to be! I thought that, given all of the lessons we have learned in 2013, a reflection of sorts would be a nice way to bring it all to a close. So, here are some of my reflections on 2013…personal, professional and farm related… Family With the flight of my first daughter and the…