Last year we tried it and had to turn back. I was so disappointed. We just weren’t prepared. It’s not like it is the highest peak in Colorado, or anything. I have climbed the highest mountain in Colorado, but I was sixteen. Fremont Peak is just west of Cañon City and is the forehead of…
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Seasons of Vineyards and Life
Memories rise to the surface as I swirl my glass. Cascades of great times trickle forth. I can still hear their voices above the murmur of reality. I can hear Steve’s laughter above clinking glasses and conversation. Above the too-loud opera and our off-key singing in his living room or ours. In restaurants gathered with…
Spring Babies and Spring Fever
Summer is filled with gardening, preserving, get togethers, coffee on the porch at sunrise, and blessed warmth. Autumn brings with it the first fire in the hearth, flannels, and skies filled with stars, majestic colors splayed upon the trees. Winter brings holidays and rest, crafts by the fire, and a bit of cabin fever. Spring…
Autumn Challenge; Creating the Life You Want
Life is really beautiful, isn’t it? Ever since I was a small child, I always had the innate sense that time here on this earth is limited. That each day is anew with experiences and exhilarating breath. I feel like I blink and my husband is kissing me goodnight again. These days go fast. Better…
Pumpkin Hollow Farm (a possible beginning?)
Our children are coming for the weekend and Doug and I zoomed around in our convertible looking to see what farms near us would be open that we could take them to. Our kids and grand-kids love farms and who doesn’t love a good apple fresh off the tree and a bumpy hay ride? We…
IKIGAI; What is Your Purpose?
I read the most beautiful book this week. It has helped me get my groove back. I had decided last year as my business was failing that I would go back to school to be a chef (but it is hard to be a chef when you don’t use animal products and the busy catering description…
2019- As the Wheel Turns
My friends, we are on the cusp of 2019. It is not a new thing to be thinking of what we want to change, manifest, or release. This is a wired into us. Before the modern world, the people knew that the wheel was turning. The twelve days of Christmas was originally the twelve days…
Farmgirl Advice for a Happier Life
1- Just because you are very good at something doesn’t mean you have to do it. You can always reinvent what your life looks like. 2- Life is meant to be experienced. There is no one purpose. You will have plenty of time to ponder the meaning of the universe, right now be human and experience…
What If? (a birthday pondering)
My birthday is Saturday. The years fly by in the breeze faster than I can blink but I am grateful for each and every year that I get to celebrate being on this beautiful earth. New Year’s makes me ponder how I can do things better and makes me set lofty financial and personal goals. …
Finding Your Passion and Current Purpose-part 2
We all have a purpose. There is not just one purpose but many interwoven with each other through time. You are not just a mom, a wife, a farmer, a nurse, or a teacher. You are a spiritual and feeling being and a human with desires and passions. Identifying those passions that you have right…
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