Optimism, Re-framing, and WWE

I was watching professional wrestling today (“wrastling”?). Insert comedic pause here to soak in the idea that I was watching professional wrestling. I mean, to be fair to your astonishment, I was actually watching a masterclass on economics, but the TV was playing...

The Little Things

I overheard a guy at the gym the other morning say, as if in judgement, “some people just want to get up and come and go through the motions and not work hard”. I thought to myself, huh. Dragging oneself out of bed and coming here and going through the motions seems...

Grown with Love

When I first began my farming career, I thought farming was growing vegetables. It took me nearly twenty years to realize that farming is not so much growing vegetables, but growing relationships. Don’t get me wrong, we spend most of our days in the process of growing...

This Year Was A Doozy (Gratitude)

As we near the new year, we begin to see a lot of reflection about the past year. Sometimes, it’s filled with joy, sometimes with heartbreak, and sometimes both. Like every season finale, our reflections are filled with gratitude, but this year’s gratitude is enhanced...

Routine Maintenance

The deep comfort of routine seeps back into my bones. If you don’t break it sometimes, the routine can feel monotonous. But absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say, and this is most true when it comes to steady beat of routine. Alarm goes off, dress and head to...