I know this may seem like a silly thing to post in a time of global pandemic, soaring unemployment rates, great social and political division, and NOVEMBER (my least favorite month), but I’ve been feeling really grateful lately. I’m a little embarrassed about it, but the more down in the dumps I get, the more…
If you’re coming into the kitchen as the weather gets colder (like we are), here’s our favorite go-to recipe for Italian sausage. This classic by Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn in their book Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing never disappoints. Chris just made a big batch in bulk form this weekend, and…
The last few months have been eye opening, on pretty much every level possible. You might be feeling a bit overwhelmed. I know that I am. It feels important to acknowledge this. I read lots of emails from success coaches and trainers and business builders and farmer types and various others. Many have just kept…
Does the world feel a little unsettled right now? Yeah, me too. I don’t have kids at home (OK, our kid is 22 and has a job that he is not able to do from home, so there’s THAT extra feeling of stress in our household), BUT I know that life has suddenly gotten a…
A friend of mine recently said, “When our foundations shake and we feel unstable, that’s when we grow. That’s when we find out what we are made of.” I’ve been thinking lately about the difference between 2019 and 2020. For me, 2019 was full of new ideas and directions—so many that, as another friend described,…
It’s been about six weeks in our crowdfunding campaign, and we’ve had some ups and downs. Wow, it was an amazing start. Right away folks jumped on. Lots watched our kickoff livestream, and we had a couple of big rewards chosen. It was energizing. And then I got busy at work, and didn’t keep the…
I don’t know how you were raised, but I feel like I had a typical rural Vermont upbringing. My parents were (and are!) fiercely independent, and self-sufficiency was one of my primary lessons. There wasn’t a thing I couldn’t do, or learn, or be responsible for. And that’s how I conducted my life, for about…
Winter quiet brings a space for thinking that I never seem to have time for during the busier seasons, so I’ve been mulling about the meaning of family. If you come from a relatively small birth family like mine (no siblings), the word family has a little more flexible meaning than it might for other…
Here we are nearing the end of 2018. We are grateful for this year, and especially for YOU. We know it’s the time when lots of folks look around and find gratitude in the things they have, which is wonderful, and something we all should do much more of, and not just in the six…