you are sacred
Yesterday was a big day for me. One I had been planning and preparing for. It was the culmination of my hearts desire and my soul’s work, both coming together quite beautifully. Amazing what happens when you trust your inner guidance. When you listen to the answers to prayers whispered. There is an opportunity for…
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Time spent in gardens and barns reminds me deeply of who I am. Nurturing seeds, encouraging growth, gently allowing the season to unfold before my eyes in the garden brings joy with the arrival of each new, in season fruit, veggie, or herb. The sweet nuzzle of Ms. Coco during the morning milking mingling with the smells…
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The Sky broke Crimson in the evening, with wisps of golden light illuminating the pasture. Purple blooms glowed softly alongside brilliant gold, warm ivory, and a full spectrum of green played amongst the ground, whispering in the wind a gentle embrace rising up from the earth to cradle a tender heart. I knelt close…
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A new year is a new beginning. Begin again, start fresh, wake anew. Intentional living allows one to be open to making changes in her life. When she has the courage to openly see what is working, and what is not. When it is time to build on, or time to let go. Cultivating a…
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“Count your blessings.” Isn’t that always what Grandma would say? Why then, is it so easy to forget?! For nearly every school day last year, the kids and I did exactly that. We counted. Blessings. One at a time. It’s amazing how fast they add up, if you are looking with hearts and eyes wide…
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You may be wondering what all this wholehearted, spiritual mumbo jumbo has to do with homesteading. Let me explain. It is in the everyday ordinary, in the simplifying, in the refining of priorities that I find peace. That I feel God. There is a spiritual current that runs deep in living and working close to…
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What does it mean to live wholeheartedly? It means showing up everyday, being vulnerable, open, willing to fail, but wanting to put it ALL on the line anyway. It means that we expose our tender spots so that we can connect deeply with others. If we cannot show any tenderness from our own hearts, if…
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Wholehearted. In the remaking of my blog I was contemplating letting go of my subtitle, my meaning of what this blog was when I started writing nearly two years ago. After all, we grow and change, maybe this no longer fits my mission, my statement, my purpose. Maybe its not glamorous enough, or maybe it is the…
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Homesteading. Urban Homesteading. Modern-Day Homesteading. Backyard Homesteading. Sustainable Homesteading. Self-Sufficient. Back- to-Basics. Back-to-the-land. Agrarian Culture. Simple Living. These are just some of the keywords that are being used to describe the movement that is sweeping our nation and others. Perhaps it is America’s pioneering spirit that is energizing the wave of people, men and women,…
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Winds roar whipping whirling dervishes against panes as we cozy up on the homestead in blizzard conditions. Somewhere in the distance I can hear the barn door banging in the wind, as treetops bend. ‘Tis the season for homemade afghans cocooning, woolen socks and mittens for toasty toes and fingers. All are shored up tight, riding out the…
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