Lent is such an idea time for more serious reading, don’t you think? This past weekend I started up a couple new books and began rereading a long-lost favorite. It’s so nice to have new books around, they’re kind of distracting and – while only two of them actually fit in my purse, they all…
Month: February 2018
DIY Face Wash and Other Projects
I’m working on becoming the homesteader I’ve always dreamed of being. You know, the one who doesn’t sleep in her make up. The one who buys sustainable, ethical brands and mixes up her own facial products. The one who actually follows through on all these goals and doesn’t get distracted by drugstore products and pretty…
My Whole 30 Experience
I did it! I completed a Whole 30 two days before jumping into Lent! And wow. It was a pretty incredible experience. I loved Whole 30. I loved it so much, I’m already planning a May or June repeat…and possibly September. It was a great experience! So what exactly did I love about it? I…
Becoming Acquainted with The Night
The darkness here is soft and quiet. Sometimes night is so still we can hear the voices of faraway neighbors over the snow – soft, murmuring voices without words. Sometimes the night is loud: pouring rain on the yurt-roof, coyotes howling, owls, foxes, the wind in the tall pines. Out under the moon the darkness is…
Monday Reflections: Needing Others
Our goal has never been self sufficiency. Partially because we really like coffee and coffee doesn’t grow in Maine. Primarily because we’re Catholic – Body of Christ on earth – it’s a community. Even the Desert Father’s wove baskets and brought them to market. Self sufficiency makes humility difficult. We don’t want to be self…
Spring Cleaning
The point of Spring Cleaning isn’t merely to wash and declutter..its to create something fresh in the new season
Bookish Thoughts: The Quotidian Mysteries
It’s no secret that I adore the writing of Kathleen Norris. I found The Cloister Walk to be such a rich work of poetic reflections and gentle spiritual imagery. Dakota is an equally compelling look at rural life, and in The Quotidian Mysteries, the blend of lectio divina; a deep, quiet feminism; and joyful domesticity earns…
Candlemas Lights
We’ve been making a lot of candles this winter. Thanks to a generous hand-me-down from my mother-in-law – 15 lbs of beeswax! – and a recommitment to avoiding those careless trips into town for one or two things, like lamp oil, we’re been needing to just ‘make do’ for a night or two with candles…
Y is For Home! 