These last months I have thought a lot about death. This last week during All Saints and All Souls day I lit a candle for my dear childhood friend who died in a tragic accident this August. Seth’s death was my first experience overwhelmed with the grief of someone my own age, someone whose death … Continue reading Joy will find a way.
Roots
I am notorious for getting lost. I get lost even in places I have lived for years, so this last month of being new to these cities has involved my spending lots of times doing U-turns, peering at street signs and making phone calls asking for directions just one more time. The other day when … Continue reading Roots
now
Pulling on baggy work pants and rain boots this evening to take out the trash, I got hit by an extra-strong wave of farm nostalgia.My spaghetti sauce could use some fresh basil, my body could use a few hours of field work, and my spirit misses the company of my four sisterfriends. Having boots on … Continue reading now
Article on the Abundant Table
Check out the latest Episcopal Broadcast, a newsletter for church youth leaders, for a piece I wrote about the Abundant Table: http://episcopalcommons.org/broadcast/september2010/abundant/ If you read the article on Food and Faith, it looks like we have a “sister” farm in NY! Go, sisters!
what I leave behind
At our big start-of-the-project celebration last August, Julie asked each of us interns to put something on the mantel of the community room as a symbol of our presence on the farm this year. At our closing gathering a few weeks ago we each took those symbols and were asked to replace them with something … Continue reading what I leave behind
the beginning is the end is the beginning
9 days of work and 11 days of living. That is all the time that I have left here in to feel the weight of what I am walking away from, and it is quite difficult to bear. It was not an easy decision to leave this beautiful place, this joyful and supportive community, this … Continue reading the beginning is the end is the beginning
Abundant Table Farm Historical site 