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hands of the king
excerpt from my book, "Radiance of the Ordinary"
Sep 13
the air we breathe
I had a dream a few nights ago that my daughter, Mila, was a baby again.
Nov 8
10:07
audio: the air we breathe
Full essay with images and commenting is available on the main text essay.
Nov 8
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the anti-vaxxers
Dec 7, 2022
the loyalty of grief
Jan 7, 2023
sacrosanct suds
Dec 21, 2022
woven
Nov 2, 2022
decisions and cake
Nov 26, 2022
Merry Christmas
Dec 24, 2022
books we love
It’s hard to believe that it was over two years ago that I put out my first call to share children’s books you all love.
Nov 1
a net for the fleeting
When our youngest daughter, Mila, was still quite young, around eight or nine years old, it was her job to filter the cow’s milk.
Oct 25
ego rides shotgun
Sometimes I marvel at the young woman I was.
Oct 18
10:21
audio: ego rides shotgun
Full essay, links, and comments can be found on the main essay page.
Oct 18
in my kitchen, around the farm
harvest moon edition
Oct 11
by the hour
My husband, Troy, flew out to Alberta this week to pick up our camper trailer and a truck to pull it.
Oct 4
19:05
audio: by the hours
on embracing change
Oct 4
human resources
a bid for cultivation over extraction
Sep 27
6:33
audio: human resources
Full written essay, including comments and additional images, can be accessed via the homepage.
Sep 27
Slowdown Farmstead
Slowdown Farmstead
Cultivating authenticity in a synthetic world. Ruminations on ancestral food, healthy living, family, homesteading, connection to the natural world, life, death and this radical little thing called "sovereignty".

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