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Things that Lead to Life, and a Yarrow Harvest
by Krista | Nov 6, 2017 | Spring
The sun has set, and cool breezes are billowing gently through the open windows into the kitchen. After resting awhile, the goats are up and around again, nosing about for a few last minute chews of grass before bedding down for the night. Our resident green frog, who...
Nurturing Vulnerability and Change
by Krista | Nov 3, 2017 | Spring
Healing can be downright sneaky, for it not only mends us, it changes us. As wounds are scrubbed clean and heal, old fears dissipate, and crippling shame heads for the hills, we are left different. The old places don't fit anymore. The old work, the old ways of...
Writing Days and Orchard Dreaming
by Krista | Oct 25, 2017 | Summer
It's a writerly day for me as I type up my weekly blog post for Harrow and Finch, a press release for a new client in California, and my weekly column on country living for the Warwick Daily News. I like these days when I get to sequester myself in the granny flat, a...
A Time for Tenderness and Truth
by Krista | Oct 23, 2017 | Spring
Thunder is rumbling and rain falling gently, making our farm feel like a cozy island. I'm down in my granny flat office, snug under a fuzzy red blanket, listening to the goats rattle around under the house as they stay nice and dry out of the rain. It's been quite a...
It Will Get Hard, But You’re Not Alone
by Krista | Oct 11, 2017 | Spring
This week I interviewed and wrote articles on six business women from California. I loved hearing their stories about the incredible difficulties they faced on their business journeys, their moments of doubt and wanting to give up, the people who gave them the love...
A Cozy Sunday and Chipotle Pepper Vinegar
by Krista | Oct 8, 2017 | Spring
It's a beautifully dark and cozy Sunday, my favorite sort of day for pottering in the garden, baking bread, and snuggling under a blanket with a British murder mystery. We've had such beautiful rain this week, and our farm yard has transformed from dry, crispy, and...
Soup, Friends, and Other Comforts
by Krista | Oct 3, 2017 | Spring
It's been a long few months of drought here in Queensland. Every day we looked up into clear blue skies and wondered when the rains would come, hoping it would be soon. The storm clouds came this week, heavy and dark, and dropped gentle, steady rain upon us. Water...
Bush Walks and Cozy Afternoons
by Krista | Oct 1, 2017 | Spring
I'm listening to the sound of clanging steel and shields being thumped as Bear and Brett, our newest medieval member, practice medieval combat out back while cold wind whistles through the trees. I'm cozy and warm on the veranda under a fluffy red blanket while I...
Weeds, Yarn, and Rest
by Krista | Sep 30, 2017 | Spring
On these hot spring days, I love getting up well before sunrise, basking in coolness and darkness, listening to the world slowly wake up: kookaburras first, then roosters, and finally the sheep and goats, eager to start grazing before the searing heat sends them...
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