The Noisy Village
The Noisy Village children’s series by Swedish born author @astridlindgrenofficial was one of my favorite’s growing up. 3 adult siblings and their families live in 3 farm houses on a plot of land in Sweden. The Farafar or Grandfather lives with one of the families. The cousins see each other every day, and share chores, […]
Wahl’s on Walls
If the walls in our house could talk, the bonus room would write a novel. Over the years, the space between those four walls has played many roles. When we bought our home, it began as a room devoid of furniture with the exception of 5 huge bean bags. The boys built forts, raced cars, […]
What does change mean to you
I was looking back over some of my journal entries from the beginning of shelter in. Things I was hoping and praying for. Things about Covid-19 I thought I understood based on the information I had at the time. Ideas I had about the right way to quarantine and what I thought would keep us […]
Bearers of light
Last night after dinner I was in a funk. A walk in the canyon at sunset is always excellent medicine. Chloe gets to chase bunnies and have her evening romp in the magical twilight, and her joy is contagious. I also used my “phoned a friend lifeline” as I was needing some feminine energy. She […]
Believe in the power of love
On my vision quest last summer, our leader Anne Stine taught about the covenant we have with the earth. Anne said “ If everyone takes only what the balance and teach that to the children. We can’t restore what is lost, the momentum is too great, but we can be grateful and remember. Remembering to […]
Can I honor the calling to come home to myself
“We are not here to save the world, we are here to belong to it more fully. “ Anne Stine Ever since I returned from my vision quest I’ve tried to remember these words. Not just remember them but actively live them. For me to belong to the world more fully means I have to […]
Attached to the quiet of sheltering in
As the world begins to open up again, I find myself attached to the quiet of Sheltering In. I’m ready to get back out there, but not at the expense of losing this new consciousness that has awakened. I’ve talked to many people who are expressing the same sentiments, yet it’s very hard to put […]
“Bless the largeness inside of me no matter how I fear it.”
I just finished reading The Book of Longings by @suemonkkidd .In 2 days. And I underlined and ed and ️ed and took pages of notes in my journal. I’m a re-reader and I love to find my notes from an earlier season, to see what resonated with me and how I’ve grown. I’ve read some of my […]
Childlike wonder
I am still every age I’ve ever been, and part of every place I’ve ever traveled. I do not want to forget what it’s like to be 7 or 17 or 27 or 37 or 47. I want to remember what is was like to taste ice cream in Switzerland as a 7 year old, […]
Advice from frozen II
Some of the best wisdom I’ve received during “shelter in” comes from the the fabulous film…..Frozen II. Our family has been doing movie nights, and we dove head first into the comical and imaginative genre of animation. For an animated film to make the cut for our current household of 8 adults, its going to […]