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Category Archives: random thoughts
between eclipses
snow whirled last night and came in to blanket everywhere. plows cleared the roads as the season to hunker down is upon us. well worth the in joyment of just that hunkering.. this morning the brilliant whiteness of the snow covered close inner shoulder that faces the first breath of morning sun, was so bright [...]
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today we adventure further into biochar and soil wellness. at the wonderful waltz in late august we met many new folks who made there way to sunswept farm.. that night was magical, full of star light streaming down into our mountain cove and mixing with the fiddle and guitar and lifted us all to a [...]
rain & sun
it’s nice to have the alternating rain and sun, ever more growth still advancing the summer. wet years, like this one for us, have different ways to them than dry years, different water management. in a wet year we manage gutters and trenches, mold and forever weeds silt and all forms of run off. we [...]
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here comes the summer sun
the sound of water abounds, spring creek is our part of the world, and well named we are, cause here water bubbles up everywhere in a wet year. right now is a wet week part of june’s usual i am glad to say. the spring rains have moved on to be summer rains, gracing our [...]
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Raindrops are falling on my head
The full moon arrived two early mornings ago and brought with her much action. We welcomed a new baby cow into the world yesterday morning. Our Jersey cow, Daisy, had a girl. Wide-eyed and full of wonder, the new babe is waiting to be named. Pictures of her are coming soon. Right now she is [...]
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From the Outside looking In
Today is officially my 40th day of living at Sunswept, after having left my suburban life in Alpharetta, Georgia and following my heart to my new home. I now wake up with a different understanding of what it is to start my day. It is one that is woven amongst the dirt, the animals, the [...]
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seeds
As a seed must release its form in order to grow, we, too must release who we have been…… in order to birth new reality. Nature reveals her beauty throughout the changing seasons. Thirst for life to begin again is palatable at the Ides of March. Seeds open to sprout and root, then no [...]
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“It’s common to say that trees come from seeds. But how can a tiny seed create a huge tree? Seeds do not contain the resources needed to grow a tree. These must come from the medium or environment within which the tree grows. But the seed does provide something that is crucial : a place [...]
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mother awakens
the beginning of spring green swells with every rain storm. today rains with lightning and the thunder beings showed up most of the afternoon. i will have to check with my good buddy, alvin calvin, (one of my old timey neighbors who has been at our side since we arrived here in the mountains 33 [...]
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creative commons/ year of the dragon