Eight years ago on a spring equinox in Nebraska, our sweet Luca was born. It was decidedly sunny and warm and I was out hanging clothes on the line first thing in the morning when labor began. This year, the farmer took our birthday boy and his brother up to the mountains to play in [...]
Archive for the ‘cycles’ Category
A Happy Spring and A Happy Birthday
Posted in children, cycles, family, home, spring, tagged family, love, mother, seasons, spring on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Each time
Posted in children, cycles, family, farming, home, local food, seasonal eating, weather, tagged family, farming, mother, nature, rhythym, seasons on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Let me tell you, it is just as fun the fourth time around as the first, second, and third. Each time, it has been equally exciting and amazing. Those first milky smiles and baby coos, the learning to crawl and then those first stumble-y steps…breathtaking. Right now, we are discovering books. We read from 2-3 [...]
The first seeds are sown!
Posted in changes, cycles, farm, farming, nature, spring, winter, tagged farming, nature, seasons, spring, winter on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Somewhere deep inside of us all, the cycles of the seasons live. I know for our own little family, living here on the farm has awakened our own awareness of this quite a bit. But I believe that for all of us, our bodies and minds and our actions and energies participate in the cycle [...]
Take off
Posted in children, cycles, family, home, tagged family, home, mother, rhythym, seasons on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Really quick, before we slip into February and the year is officially on its way, let’s pretend that all year we will be as poised and ready for flight as we are in the freshness of January. I have had this list floating around in my head for the past month or so, taking shape, [...]
January through the lens
Posted in children, cycles, farm, farming, home, winter, tagged family, farming, home, seasons, winter on January 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A small look at what our month has been full of: yo-yo’s keeping warm with new Christmas hats from Grandma sunny (and wet) winter harvests and yummy winter meals rain and rain and floods wet explorations, loads of splashing, and oh so much puddle jumping baby goat joy and tragedy and many hours of learning, [...]


