I’ll Leave the Light on for You
August 18, 2021
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After nearly three days without water due to a broken foot valve in our well and the time it took to replace it, we are
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After nearly three days without water due to a broken foot valve in our well and the time it took to replace it, we are
Goldenrod, Joe Pye weed, and Queen Anne’s lace fill meadows that only a few weeks ago held daisies and St John’s Wort. Everyone is cutting
Cherry preserves, pineapple sauce, cherry pie filling, blueberry pie filling. Cherries from a local farm, pre pie filling. I am taking an Instagram break this
We have been given the rare gift of a long, dry, warm spring this year, which has provided perfect terrain for checking many projects off
Our resident woodcock has returned. Before coltsfoot, before peepers, before green grass, there is the unmistakable and hilarious ground level peeent, peeent, peeent, followed by
Sitting at my desk in the afternoon, next to a western facing window that I’ve opened to enjoy the 45º degree day, I notice a
Daylight strengthens and lengthens, slow and steady. Sitting at my desk in the early morning, I watch a fox scurry across the field, through the
One more month of deep winter, then the pace will pick up quickly. I am grateful to have the month ahead, to continue resting my
There is a tradition here on the ridge that includes walking “the square” on New Years Eve. A two mile square-ish loop of dirt roads,
Snow of any substance has yet to arrive on the ridge. I don’t mind, we have through April to collect all of our snow here,
Recent days have felt equally restful and productive. Small tastes of snow here and there, plenty of rain, too. Adam broadforked the garlic beds two
In my corner of the world, autumn arrived many weeks ago and is near its righteous peak this very moment. Skies so deeply blue, catching