Who profits from your bad days? Reclaiming control over our own energy and attention is resistance. It gives us the space we need to do our good work in the world, and to change the things that are in our power to change. Click the title to read the full article.
Welcome to 2026. There is so much happening in the world right now that I can’t even find the words. With the safety of our communities and the health of our planet at stake, permaculture is more relevant than ever. My word of intention for 2026 is clarity. In every place and in every way that I show up this year, I will do so with the consistent message that we have the power to heal our land and our culture. Click on the title to read the full article.
My theme for 2025 was Alchemy: to make something good out of whatever came my way. Looking back, I’m amazed at how much has happened. The year is almost over, but what we started is not coming to an end. This is just the beginning.
The Summer Solstice has come and gone, and we’re transitioning into the second half of the year. The seeds have been sown and now it’s time to nurture the harvest into being. I’m about half way into my year of alchemy. Will anything turn into gold?
While preparedness is often associated with bracing for some version of apocalyptic future, resilience skills benefit you always: in good times and bad. When you are resilient, you are in a better position to withstand the ebb and flow of life’s challenges. It means increasing your resourcefulness, learning to improvise, developing local networks for barter and sale, learning new skills and building relationships within your community. It might include gardening and raising your own chickens, reducing your reliance on the power grid, or buying land, but it doesn’t have to. You get to choose what it includes based on your unique collection of resources, wants, and needs. In this article, I share some of the resilience practices I have chosen to cultivate in my life. Read the article to find out more!
Alchemy was the medieval scientific pursuit of transforming common things into precious things, such as lead into gold. This past year has challenged me mentally, physically, and emotionally. I don’t know what 2025 will hold, but I intend to become like the mycelia, transforming rubble into beautiful and abundant green things. Read the full article to find out more about my resolutions for 2025: The Year of Alchemy!
This is my newest little garden. It’s also a compost pile. And, it’s a grave. When a few of my (very elderly) chickens recently passed away, I decided to do something a little different to honor their lives. Read all about it in this article!
I’m convinced that the secret recipe for gardening, farming, and life is one part hope, two parts grit. When you lose track of the weather forecast and the first frost sneaks up on you, grit sends you out to the garden with a head lamp to gather the last harvest. When a serious injury derails your plans for an entire year, hope and grit will each grab one of your hands. They won’t let you stay down for long. You dust yourself off, pivot, and make new plans. And when the seasons change, hope lets you believe that next time it’ll be different. You sow new seeds, and expect them to grow.
If you are looking for life, start your search by the water. When my husband and I first saw the land we now inhabit, we
Beauty exists in unexpected places. In the entangled geometry of fallen branches, in the wild weedy exuberance of spring, in the cleansing downpours and the spaces of rest between tasks. Those small moments of inspiration are the fuel that sustains me when life gets hard, when my best laid plans are thwarted, when I reach my limits. This spring has taken some unplanned turns due to physical limitations, but there is still great beauty to be found.
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