“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” —Jimmy Dean We’ve been dealing with a year for the record books here in Wisconsin, with conditions, as my mother would have said, “as dry as a popcorn fart”. There’s been only a scant bit of…

“Patterns repeat all around us and in us. Until you see it, you can’t change it, and shift to a different pattern that serves you better.” I was talking to my chiropractor this week about the exercises he recommended to help protect my knees as I get older, and changing up my routine to improve…

“Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own.” ― Bruce Lee When I was growing up back on the farm, we ate a lot of seasonal produce. We also ate whatever was put on the table in front of us and didn’t complain. (It was weird to me…

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” —Linda Wooten Motherhood is one of the most challenging jobs, and one of the most rewarding. No matter how old your children get, they are still your children – even when it’s their turn to…

“You will harvest what you plant, so plant intentionally. Plant good habits, good values, good work, and good decisions.” What are you planting this year? I’m working on my health, and my eyesight, and our soil health and garden health. I finally got caught up with months of backed up email, so I can settle…

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” – Aldous Huxley Spring is off to a slow start here in northeast Wisconsin. Since our one unusually warm week, it’s been quite chilly, with frost and snow overnight most nights. The spring peepers stopped singing,…

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― Buckminster Fuller What would your new model be? I’d like fresh, healthy food on every plate. I’d like more appreciation for the people who get things done instead of the people who…

“The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.” – Charles Dickens I’ve been thinking a lot about “whys” lately. Why do we take the time to raise our own produce and meat when it would be a heck of a lot easier to simply buy it? Is…

“Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.” – Bishop Reginald Heber Down the road from our home, the water flows along the roadside in a seasonal creek, bouncing and dancing over the jumbled stones. Even though we have two ponds on our land now, I still enjoy visiting that rushing water, which reminds…

“It’ll be okay in the end. It’s just that middle part that’s messy.” It’s a strange thing to her your kids repeating back to you what you told them in the past. (And in this case, it’s also a good thing.) Duncan and I were taking a walk to help set the chiropractic adjustment I…