Nearly two months on in our move off the grid a rhythm has finally made an appearance. Granted, rhythm looks a whole lot different now, but some familiar things are reappearing. Freshly ground grain ground by little (and big) hands. Vegetables are being fermented. The sea salt has been unpacked. Homemade sour cream is once [...]

  I have taken more naps in the last two weeks than I probably have in the past year. I am just coming back to cooking full meals after four weeks of throwing random things together that don’t look totally disgusting. I have been much more absent in this space than I normally would as [...]

This post was originally published in January, 2010. It is not lost on me that the majority of my acquaintances – family & friends included – do not approve of my chosen ‘vocation’. We live in a world where getting paid to nourish or care for other people’s families is a respectable position. But if [...]

I watch him from the window, as the sun goes down and supper cooks, a brief quiet moment in my day. This is his daily ritual, with bright blue snow pants and the eyes of his papa he heads out to soak up cold air and shovel snow. And as I watch him I stand [...]

I am not a linear-brained person. You might even call me a type b mama. I’ve heard that this type of brain fosters creativity and good relationships. I’ve seen it create chaos and fear if left unchecked. In college it caused me to become behind in just about every class I ever took. I became [...]