This is beyond us. This is more than personal. What we are being called to do is to live freedom. Be freedom. Don’t apologize for being radical. Be it. Live it. Push it…because it’s what is needed to survive. Bring up the heaviness that has sunk to the bottom. Mix it in. Blend the hearty […]
“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 […]
I have found myself indulging many of my deepest fears lately. As we make the conscious choice to step out of our conventional life and into the murkiness of something completely uncertain. Selling our home without a new one to inhabit has been pushing my edges with intensity. Most days I feel convicted. But lately, […]
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 […]
At Winter Solstice we participated in a giving ceremony. We were to bring an item to give away to someone to set our intention for the coming lunation. The object did not have to be related to the intention, but instead be something of significant attachment so that it was not easy to let go […]
Now that we have decided to sell our home, we are working hard to clean the place up. We have so many things! Being a homeschooling family with a permaculture (make no waste) outlook means that we have a hard time letting ‘useful things’ go sometimes. Like the pile of bricks lovingly brought home in […]
Pushed or pulled, either way I move. Does it matter what force caused the change when the end result is movement? How comfortable it seems to remain still. But like water, if I’m not circulating, flowing, moving, I will stagnate. Change is inevitable. It is what sustains life. Without embracing adaptation, I might as well […]
When I think about what it means to me to be a ‘Permaculture Parent’ I feel that it really is defined by my approach to life. Looking for ways to live more in line with the Permaculture principles is a way of approaching life. When I change, those around me change. When I learn, those […]
The downside of a digitized culture is that it makes it so easy to feel like we’re ‘missing out’ on things. Here I find another place where I’m unlearning what has been bestowed upon me. I will on occasion experience feelings of loss because of the choices we’re making as a family to diverge from […]
I started using the phrase ‘offensively defensive’ to describe some of my interactions with other people. I’m describing the times where I feel like I may be under scrutiny for not living up to societal expectations. I have fallen into the trap of trying to be defensive of my choices and the state of my […]
