NicoleFeb 14, 20201 minValentine's on the FarmIt is 6:50 am on valentine's day and I am about fall back asleep on the couch. I spent the last hour and a fifteen minutes with my young...
NicoleFeb 6, 20201 minSoggy Winter DaysI continue to be thankful in light of the drought and wildfires in Australia to be grateful that we do not have that struggle. However, ...
NicoleNov 6, 20193 minJoy DiscoveredI have spent the last year in a battle with... myself. I have never found life easy. I struggle with anger and feeling like a failure, ...
NicoleOct 30, 20183 minThe Kids are All RightI never aspired to be homecoming queen. My best friend from childhood was on the homecoming court in a "nice people" coup de tat at my h...
NicoleOct 8, 20181 minSo... What Have You Been Up To?You may be wondering, after looking at the dates of the last four months of posts, what happened? Well, summer happened. I did not take i...
NicOct 8, 20182 minWhen I Just Can't Figure It OutI need to figure out a way to keep my young laying hens from getting out of their run. I have been racking my brains and each solution I...
NicJun 7, 20182 minFinding FriendsMoving at the age of forty three is not easy, most people have found their friends by then. Growing up, I had always felt keenly the sen...
NicJun 5, 20183 minFinding the ReasonSometimes there is a reason, but I will never know what it is. I was visiting with my good friends and neighbors last week, on my way ou...
NicJun 4, 20182 minFinding A RhythmWe have no dishwasher, it wouldn't fit in our little kitchen. So we are the dishwashers and clearly the reluctant putter-awayers. I don...
NicoleMay 15, 20182 minQuick It's Spring/Summer!Just three weeks ago it was snowing, today it's 78 degrees and thunder storming. The trees are leafing out so fast you can practically w...
NicoleApr 30, 20182 minWhen I screw up...Last Wednesday I went up in the loft of the barn to look for a heat lamp and found the remains of our bantam rooster, Mr. T. A raccoon h...
NicoleApr 23, 20181 minEmerging Each DayI will be honest, I was sick all last week. I forgot about blogging, cleaning, farming, planning. I woke up, did the bare minimum of ch...
NicApr 11, 20181 minRise and ShineSome mornings it takes a good bit of effort to get up. We have been battling colds in our house this past month and feeling under the we...
NicApr 9, 20182 minMore Thoughts on TechnologyWhat you can't see in this picture is my phone because at this instant I am using it to take the picture, but after I do that I will retu...
NicApr 3, 20182 minHow I Think about TechnologyAs I was washing dishes yesterday morning, cleaning up the kitchen from the post Easter dinner/psanky making festivities mess, I propped ...
NicMar 30, 20181 minListen #5As I continue to mediate on what it means for me to listen, I realize that for me it often comes down to SLOWING DOWN. This modern world...
NicMar 29, 20181 minListen #4It is 2018 and so it is Holy Week, and for me listening is the most redemptive and transformative way I can think of to honor God during ...
NicMar 28, 20181 minListen #3Our farm is named Singing Wren Farm because, while there are so many birds, the wrens really stand out, we have two kinds; the house wren...
NicMar 27, 20181 minListen #2If you have never listened to Wendell Berry, today is your lucky day. Click here to visit a website that has the text of a poem that you ...
NicMar 26, 20183 minShhh...ListenAre you a good listener? I am not sure that I would know unless people tell me that I am a good listener. People don't tell me very ofte...