An Unlikely Hero’s Hand

Do you ever stop to think about what exactly it is that you value? I mean really dive deep into what makes you tick. It’s easier than one might imagine to lose track of these things in the slog of daily life. It takes a step back, a slowdown, an arresting of the...

Balance

Many moons ago, when I was in college, my friend Kevin and I decided to go to the County Fair. We ate junk food, rode rides, played some carnival games, and laughed a lot. Turns out, for reasons I cannot recall, Kevin had a gift certificate (??) for a free palm...

The Periphery

When you get behind and begin the triage, (which always seems to happen in June/July on the farm) you start to ignore the periphery. But the periphery, like a child building a sand castle, grows over time until eventually it’s so impressed with itself that it starts...

A Side Hustle in Delight

No matter your news source, the news is bad. Really, news is inherently bad. I mean, what’s newsworthy of nothing happened today? That’s just the nature of the news beast. But that doesn’t mean we as individuals, can’t inspect the cracks for levity and joy. ​In fact,...

Silver Linings Playbook

If every season must have a disaster, then we have arrived at this season’s disaster. While we were all away working farmers markets on Saturday, we had a day long power outage that ceased the operation of the tomato/cucumber greenhouse ventilation during a heat wave....