Category: Choose Small and Slow Solutions

Change is a Constant, Loving it Isn’t

Choose Small and Slow Solutions, Create Vision and Respond to Change, Inner Permaculture, Make No Waste, People Care, Permaculture Ethics, Permaculture Principles, Self-Regulate and Accept Feedback

It seems like life should be good all the time.  That there should be no sad days, or days where I just don’t feel motivated to do much of anything.  But they exist – we just don’t talk about them.  The days we feel we are in our darkest places are the days where our […]

August 21, 2019

The Greatest Things

Catch and Store Energy, Choose Small and Slow Solutions, Consumerism, Create Vision and Respond to Change, People Care, Permaculture Ethics, Permaculture Principles, Self-Regulate and Accept Feedback, Unschooling

“Great Things are done by a series of small things being brought together” -Vincent VanGogh As we inch our way into 2018 we have found ourselves commiserating about all of the things that we did not accomplish in 2017.  The gardens weren’t well tended and yields were low, we didn’t have any goslings in the […]

January 14, 2018

Feels like Home

Choose Small and Slow Solutions, Create Vision and Respond to Change, Inner Permaculture, People Care, Permaculture Ethics, Permaculture Principles, Self-Regulate and Accept Feedback

There has been a long period since moving to the farm where I have missed the old house.  It is not so much a laundry listing of things I miss about it (although this has happened on numerous occasions), but it presented more as a guttural emotional response at the loss of my previous life.  […]

March 15, 2017

Choosing Joy Over Fear

Choose Small and Slow Solutions, Consumerism, Create Vision and Respond to Change, Inner Permaculture, Maximize the Edges, Permaculture Principles, Self-Regulate and Accept Feedback, Use and Value Gifts from Nature

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead —his eyes are closed.” -Albert Einstein There is a difference […]

June 6, 2016

Grocery Store Meltdown

Catch and Store Energy, Choose Small and Slow Solutions, From Pattern to Details, Inner Permaculture, Make No Waste, Obtain a Yield, Parenting, People Care, Permaculture Ethics, Permaculture Principles, Self-Regulate and Accept Feedback

Today is birthday week at our house.  My daughter, now 2, was born on April 6th.  Today is my eldest son’s birthday, he is now 6 and tomorrow, April 9th my second son turns 4.  Needless to say, birthday week is a crazy one around here.  I try to make each child’s birthday special for […]

April 8, 2016

Red Lights

Choose Small and Slow Solutions, Create Vision and Respond to Change, Cultivate Diversity, Inner Permaculture, Life Choices, Make No Waste, Maximize the Edges, Obtain a Yield, Permaculture Principles, Self-Regulate and Accept Feedback, Use and Value Gifts from Nature

Last night as I was coming home from a primordial movement class I was stopped by a red light.  I sat there daydreaming through a song that had come on the radio, reflecting on the nourishing experience of the evening.  Then I clued into how long I had been waiting there for the light to […]

April 6, 2016

Setting Limits with Children Effectively

Choose Small and Slow Solutions, Create Vision and Respond to Change, Cultivate Diversity, Make No Waste, Maximize the Edges, Observe and Interact, Obtain a Yield, Parenting, People Care, Permaculture Ethics, Permaculture Principles, Self-Regulate and Accept Feedback

When I read about respectful parenting or mindful parenting I was always confused about setting limits.  There are very few examples in the literature, which makes it hard to figure it out.  Once we did away with punishments, I found myself at a loss for what to do.  When I was no longer relying on […]

March 31, 2016