a psalm of awakening
O, My Maker,Let the morning come.Let the sun rise slowlyoutside my windowpeeking through silhouettesof dark trees.Let the hummingbirdswake the worldwith chirps of delight.Let the rabbits …
spring
lessons learned: bunnies and sacred space
Every spring, the bunnies come to visit the garden and see if by some chance, there’s a hole in the chicken wire big enough to …
embrace
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit and talk with Papa Bluebird who seems to have returned a couple of months early for another nesting …
lessons learned: the apricot tree
The season of my separation from my ex-husband, the movie Under the Tuscan Sun had just been released on DVD. I acquired a copy and probably …
lessons learned: spiritual spring cleaning
I wrote this one several years ago and am a few weeks late posting it this year. It is always a good reminder for me, …
dirty knees? yes, please
w The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. ~George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black …
lessons learned: bunnies and sacred space
Every spring, the bunnies come to visit the garden and see if by some chance, there’s a hole in the chicken wire big enough to …
sitting with the crocuses
You expect Her to come quickly when you feel the first warm light bask on your skin, or when the first choir of purple crocuses …
recipes: spring green salad
With all the new extra sunlight on the farm, my spring gardens have produced more than enough greens to feed our family, our chickens, and …
Spring poetry and prayer
Lord, the air smells good today, straight from the mysteries within the garden of God. The trees in their prayer, the birds in praise, the …
lessons learned: Spring cleaning
I’m reposting today as a reminder of the benefits of a good Spring cleaning–domestically and spiritually. ~cameron Some think it’s holding on that makes one …
Mary Oliver’s Such Singing in the Wild Branches
It was spring and I finally heard him among the first leaves–– then I saw him clutching the limb in an island of shade with …
sugar snap peas: Nature’s candy
This year, I planted my sugar snaps along a privacy fence with some homemade tomato cages I unhooked to create long latices for them to …
Lenten reflection: bringing the gardens to light
In spite of a busy weekend, I managed to put aside a couple of hours on the warm Saturday afternoon and started cleaning out flower …
Lenten meditation: when the light falls on the creeping jenny
Yesterday, my daughter, her boyfriend, and his sister helped me clean out the chicken run and coop in preparation for our chicken-raising adventure this Spring. …
Lenten reflection: the Potter
This morning as I read of the postponement of Kelly Gissendaner‘s execution, I wondered what it must be like for her as she waits in …
Emily Dickinson’s A Light Exists in Spring
A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period — When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On …
lessons learned: Spring cleaning
Since January, I’ve been in the process of cleaning out and overhauling our home. It has been no easy undertaking but one that has truly …
recipes: growing grace farm’s favorite tea blends
Even thought winter has ended, I am gearing up for a season of iced teas in mason jars out while lingering outside. For a quick …
lessons learned: on growth, gardening boots, and grace
As I squatted by the trellis yesterday to plant more sugar snap peas, I looked down at the boots I was wearing. I’ve had them …
Easter and new life on the farm
Today, I am spending some time outside in the gardens reflecting on Easter, new life and creation. January seed starts are ready to be transplanted. …
letting nature take its course
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post about a chickadee couple who came to reside in our blue bird house. (You can read …
lessons learned: the willow
Last night, I stopped by the store to pick up a couple of things, and after a week filled with cracked windshields, missing legal documents …
Lenten reflection: bringing the gardens to light
Saturday, I spent my first Spring afternoon doing nothing but tending to the gardens. After months of working inside the house on many projects that …
lessons learned: the blessings of watering cans
You spread out a table before me, provisions in the midst of attack from my enemies; You care for all my needs, anointing my head …
babying the berries–tips for springtime care
Two years ago, my out-of-control wineberry bushes began bullying my blueberry plants. In an effort to call them off, I trimmed and tugged until the …
a meditation from Vigen Guroian’s Inheriting Paradise
How Love burns through the Putting in the Seed On through the watching for that early birth When, just as the soil tarnishes with weed, …
lessons learned: what snowy daffodils can teach us about resilience
One summer evening when I was 10-years-old, my family joined in a neighborhood gathering. The parents sat on a patio chatting and fanning themselves while …
sugar snap peas: spring’s candy
A few years ago, I started a batch of sugar snap peas on our deck and in front on the triangular trellis. By late May, …
so you’ve started your seeds–now what?
After I pressed two posts on starting seeds, I noticed the trend in lots of posts and pinterest pics focusing on seed starting. Yep, we …
lessons learned: prayer peas and thoughts on love
As we enter the week of the fourth Advent candle, LOVE, I thought I’d go ahead and start posting or reposting some meditations on love …