Someone asked me this week how I started my new business Mindful Tradition. The question took me by surprise and I had to take a moment to think, because it was never a conscious choice. I do not often sit down and conjure up my next plan, I follow the threads of intuition and the … Continue reading Following the Dharma Flow
This here is an ode to the many things I left behind in community. When you enter into community life you bring all of your worldly possessions or lack their of. I came well endowed with things and over time those things sort of got enveloped into the community with little opportunity to grieve the … Continue reading Things I Left in Community
Traditions used to be the cornerstone of our species. In it, people were able to decipher the world around them, felt held, and use them as the foundation upon which their lives were built. Comfort and security was the name of the game. As we evolved as a species and we moved toward nuclear family … Continue reading Mindful Tradition
Things are beginning to take shape. By taking shape I mean that there are two options that seem to be completely valid ways to move forward intentionally as a family. And those two options couldn’t be any more different. To be fair smaller paths may have presented themselves prior to this point, which is the … Continue reading At a Crossroads
So I like to think that I know my firstborn child pretty well. He ushered me into motherhood, and I him into the world. We have the same general interest and hobbies, a passion for knowledge, and a zest for life. So I felt perhaps overly confident in the idea of homeschooling this year. We … Continue reading Homeschooling V.S. In Schooling
It's no secret that things have been hard. And having just come to the other side of my annual rotation around the sun it feels like there's a possibility for new direction and growth. A birthday being an annual marker is the perfect opportunity to look back on what has happened, and then look forward … Continue reading Picking Up The Pieces
Things have been hard. I know that things have been hard for everyone this year. We are physically and emotionally carrying a load that we never could have imagined possible. The world is hurting, we are hurting. And I know we have to be broken down to build our selves up better and stronger. And … Continue reading Just Breath
To the wonderful human beings I call my children, I am sorry. And I love you. I am sorry that the world has reached such a state of disarray that the beautiful life you once led is no longer a safe option for you or any other child on this planet. I am sorry that … Continue reading To My Children: I am sorry. And I love you.
I am an essential worker. However I live where I work, so it's like being an essential worker on crack. Imagine being an essential worker in your own home, taking care of others, The rules about taking care of people changing from week to week, outside invested interest upset with you no matter what you … Continue reading Thoughts On Being An Essential Worker
I'm not really sure what to write anymore. Sure they're the general antics of motherhood and homesteading. Yeah my kids learned to kayak this week, and there was a snafu where I had to process six flats of cherries STAT, and my cat let a half-dead bird loose in the house. But all of that … Continue reading A Not So Independence Day
