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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...