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 […]
.: a new astrological year :.
Hello! Hello! Spring has come! spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring Even the word brings to mind the feeling. I just want to hop around outside, in the sun, twirling through fresh new little plants. I can feel the Universe tugging me forward, breathing air underneath my wings. I am […]
your ecological footprint
I started being more mindful of the environmental impact of my general consumption years ago. It started in the shower, when I emptied a huge bottle of shampoo and wondered what the heck I would do with it. My municipality had a recycling system, but it still took huge amounts of energy to transform this […]
it’s Flow, obviously
Hello darlings, So much has happened since I last spoke. I spent two weeks visiting my brother and sister; I started conducting workshops for my community development course; I started teaching art classes to elementary school kids; I kept up teaching yoga, practicing yoga, swimming, painting, reading and writing. All the while chaos was unfolding […]
Intentions
It is a beautiful morning to be alive. I write down goals and intentions every day before starting on anything else. This morning, it came in the form of a poem. Here it is. Intention I am spontaneous I am courageous I take back my power Earth, I flow with Her I am healthy and […]
the Art of Nesting
I wrote this poem when a group of friends and I were working in a food forest together. We slept in what we called “The Big Bed”, usually four of us together but at times we were six. Every night when we settled in for sleep, we individually spent at least 5 minutes arranging our […]
