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Cans and Comforts
by Krista | Apr 1, 2016 | Autumn
It's been an unseasonably stormy week and I've loved every moment. Mist-shrouded mornings with fog so thick the window screens are dripping as if they've just weathered a drenching, black clouds muscling together overhead and pelting us with rain, rumblings of thunder...
Autumn Goodness and Brewing Cranberry Lime Beer
by Krista | Mar 26, 2016 | Autumn
I've finished my work for the week and am tucked into a squishy chair on the veranda listening to kookaburras make a racket in the bush and Bear rattle away doing wood-work in his shop. Autumn is here, making her presence felt in chilly mornings and early nights. I've...
Olive Picking with Bear
by Krista | Mar 23, 2016 | Autumn
One of the loveliest things about living in the country is how everyone shares at harvest time. Whenever we meet up with friends it seems that we never arrive or leave without arms laden with tomatoes, jars of preserves, just-picked fruit, a loaf of bread, or a bottle...
Rest by the Sea
by Krista | Mar 21, 2016 | Autumn
I've learned that healing is more than just rest and medicine, it's also doing the things that soothe and restore us in body and spirit. Pain, exhaustion, nausea, all these things are debilitating enough on their own, when you add loneliness and isolation, they are...
Dyeing and Feasting with Vikings
by Krista | Mar 18, 2016 | Autumn
Things have been rather quiet around here lately. I came down with a bad virus and had to step back from everything for a while to rest, rest, rest. I'm doing a bit better this weekend thanks to good medicine, but we're still waiting on test results to figure out what...
Ghostly Trees and Water Dragons
by Krista | Mar 9, 2016 | Autumn
I love trees. New, springy saplings and old, weathered stumps, good climbers and great shade-ers, ones that rustle dreamily in the wind and others that burst into scent when the sun warms them. And I especially love ghostly ones that shimmer and shiver ominously and...
Thoughts from a Buddhist Temple
by Krista | Mar 7, 2016 | Autumn
"When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to eradicate violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total...
Autumn at Last and Homemade Lilly Pilly Liqueur
by Krista | Mar 1, 2016 | Autumn
Autumn arrived this morning and I am overjoyed. It brought some wind, a smattering of rain drops, and cooler temperatures, so Bear and I celebrated with ham potato soup for breakfast. So cozy and good. We had a really lovely weekend in spite of scorching heat. We...
Respite at Wivenhoe Pocket
by Krista | Feb 26, 2016 | Summer
I like a lot of things about my Bear, but one of my favorites is his ability to turn mundane chores into memorable adventures. Today he transformed a car appointment into the loveliest day out, and it was just what I needed after an exhausting week. He started by...
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