Preserving Fruit to Soothe the Soul

pretty berries but not on my stove today I have spent the last few days preparing for the winter Solstice giving season.  My year of travelling continues one week from today as we head northward to my husband’s family in New York.  Then a few days at home before...

Harvest Home. It’s complicated.

It may be that celebrating the harvest was always a complicated matter. After spending months in the anxiety and hard work of planting, tending, harvesting and preserving the crops, we were exhausted, worn out. We faced a winter that was uncertain as to its duration...

What Century Is This?

A quick check-in. I’m prepping for my trip to the Gulf coast, to speak at the University of Southern Mississippi on earth Day.I got a wee tablet today and am trying to figure it all out. The tiny keyboard is a bit of a challenge but the small size will be easy...

Sacred Space Conference–There and Back Again

Home again, children, from my third adventure at Sacred Space Conference in the DC borderlands of Maryland. The plans had been confirmed some months ago and Diotima, Star and I headed northward at 5:30 Thursday morning in a Subaru jam-packed with clothes, coolers of...