high fire danger
This past week I remembered a mental trick or visualization that has always helped me in moments of crisis. I had forgotten about it for a while because, well, it’s not much needed in smooth and easy times. I hope…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
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a butterfly on Christmas morning
On Christmas morning, we stood outside in tee shirts and bare feet, marveling at the unseasonably warm weather. Sun shone abundantly, and a vivid blue and black butterfly landed on the northeast corner of our house, warming itself on the…
friday 5 at the farm: missed photos
First, here are two snapshots of Scarletta Jones providing composting services as I cleaned out a space for planting green beans: And here are at least five photos I missed recently because I didn’t have my phone in my pocket:…
a dream and a prayer
I had the most wonderful dream about Jocelyn last night. Last night she came to me as a toddler, a baby really, those enormous dark brown eyes twinkling at me, her tiny pink mouth smirking and smiling. Her little body…
we’re not perfect, but do we deserve THIS?
As unsavory as this feels to write, it’s such a big headline in our lives that I can’t not write it. We are in a season of endurance again. More accurately, we are layering up more crises and more heartbreak…
checking in on a dewy morning (and my lesson on toxic positivity)
Hello friends, and happy December! How was your Thanksgiving? How is your holiday spirit in general? How is the weather where you living out your life story? Here at the farm we are enjoying dark, dewy nature walks and dense…