by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Nov 11, 2024 | Updates
Six weeks later and the devastation remains quite evident in Spruce Pine. The roads are mostly open-at least one lane of the main roads-but businesses remain closed, it appears there is still no sewer (as evidenced by the hundreds of porta-potties everywhere), and...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Oct 29, 2024 | Updates
Porches were made for October. To sit, still, in the late afternoon, and absorb the low hanging rays of warmth. The trees glow orange and yellow and red as if lit from within. I watch the bees, frantically foraging the last of the blooms, knowing my own pantry is full...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Oct 22, 2024 | Updates
In an attempt to make time to create a healthy movement routine as we edge toward winter and changing roles on the farm (read: more office chair time), we dragged ourselves out of bed and headed to the gym for an hour before sunrise. We came home and poured ourselves...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Oct 16, 2024 | Updates
I have always had at least a little bit of trouble with the whole “let go of what is not under your control” thing. I mean, for some things, there’s a chance I could get it under my control right? Today, I was actually en route to Burnsville (a 5 hour drive round...
by Tumbling Shoals Farm | Oct 8, 2024 | Updates
The sun rises over the still beautiful NC mountains I am panic scrolling, desperate to find a place to plug in, paralyzed by the sheer grandiosity of human need. It has turned into an obsession. I cry at the drop of a hat. In town, businesses are open, people are...
