If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original. Sir Ken Robinson This statement really struck out to me when I was listening to Sir Ken Robinson talk. (He’s awesome, by the way. Check out his TED talks to learn more about education and creativity.) As a child, I was […]
Milked oats
As a consumer of plant-based foods, creamy milk-like liquids become a challenge. Part of me argues that milky liquids are unecessary, while another part of me simply craves it. Having something other than water to put in smoothies or in herbal tea seems like a luxury… Damn! am I ever grateful for dairy alternatives. Most […]
peasants
I’ve accepted my role in the world as a peasant. Living simply, getting my hands dirty, growing food and tending to Earth and all her creatures. I love this video.
listen
listento your heart beatbeatingbeauty-fullof love listento your breathconnecting to other beingssharing with the windfeeeel it wisperingin your air listento Mother earthnourishing ussupporting usgiving unconditionally.
oh, Margaret Ledwith… keeping it real
‘The absence of a coherent political project, it is claimed, inhibits the development of a more radical paradigm in community work’, so said Cooke and Shaw in 1996 (1996, p.9). Since then, we have been through a long politics of partnership that has located everyone on the same side, a delusional tactic that has resulted […]
we need to act, or else we die
I just emerged from the Living Soils Symposium, held by Regeneration Canada, and I am more fired up than ever. The conference has reaffirmed my choice to be a farmer instead of pursuing higher education, as I see my job as the most practical way I can take action to try to reverse the climate […]
the most wonderful carrot cake ever of all time
Sometimes when things like this cake happens I just want to throw my hands up in the air and open a restaurant. I mean, this cake is so delicious, I could make a career out of it. Maybe not on its own, but the point is: this cake will blow your brains out. It’s simple, […]
finding myself
I feel like a puzzle I haven’t yet found the pieces but the picture so far is beautiful I get to iron out its creases as time goes; over and over it unfolds and folds back into itself as I find myself collecting my pieces never finishing the puzzle.
meditation
Let go. Let go. Let go. Surrender. Your body is heavy as a rock. Sinking into Earth. Breathe. Breathe again. Hard. Let it all out. Let it go. Surrender. Open your heart. Let it heal. Breathe into its healing. Feel the expansion. The blossoming. The spread of wildflowers blazing. Breathe in possibilities. Breathe out all […]
