April brought all the showers as promised; now we wait to see if May holds up her end of the deal with flowers. I’m sitting here looking out at more gray clouds while drinking my second cup of hot coffee for the morning. It’s cool and gloomy, but the bright green baby leaves are bravely...
Life this side of Eden is never just as we hope or expect it to be. It’s complicated — both achingly beautiful and devastatingly painful — sometimes all in the same hour or day.
February brought us both glittering snow and promises of spring. The longer I live in New England, the more I look forward to the snow. I cheer with the kids when we wake up to a snow day and any excuse to stay home. The kids and I spent our snow days trying to figure...
I sat on my living room floor that night with friends wrapped all around the room and ten children bouncing and booming all through the house. The conversation, noise, and laughter made it feel like home. A house is just a house, but a home is something entirely different. And that cold January night, we were home.
I decided to start sharing my monthly Seedling Society Newsletter here rather than exclusively through email. Enjoy!
Today, I sent out the very first Seedling Society Newsletter — a monthly, seasonally inspired newsletter for my Wheat Princess email subscribers. Each month I’ll share a story, original haiku, and something seasonal to read, try, and do. The May issue is focused on spring, Mother’s Day, and cultivating the place and time we’re in...
Central Massachusetts July 1st. Today we stretch our arms into the heart of summer. I rose early, early enough to watch the sun and dew transform a million blades of grass into a sea of dewdrop diamonds. I watched the fog curl from the stream towards the sun in shimmering bands of light and mist....
Beautiful April memories. We used to do Friday movie nights with the same “meal’ I love it, and those are precious memories. My girls will still call me Mommy when they are sick. They usually call me and just need to hear my voice. It’s a long distance snuggle. Beautiful words, Kari. Thank you.