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Summer on the Farm
by Krista | Dec 9, 2014 | Summer
The air is soft and warm this afternoon as storm clouds gather overhead and thunder rumbles in the distance. Bear and I are both recovering from round two or three of a flu that's hit one friend after another, leaving us all exhausted, aching, dizzy, nauseous, and...
Hay, Gardens, and Kindness
by Krista | Dec 4, 2014 | Summer
Last weekend Bear and I went to pick up a load of hay for our goats from people we'd never met before. Our friends, Joe and Shirley, who also raise goats, had told us we simply must visit a property they'd recently discovered, not just for the hay, but also for the...
Plums and Portals
by Krista | Dec 2, 2014 | Summer
Sometimes life gets a bit topsy-turvy. In those moments it's lovely to slip away for awhile and hang out with good friends in the fresh air, laughing, talking, and working together. That's what Bear and I did on this sultry Summer day, meeting up with Oma and Opa at...
Turning 40 and My Italy Book
by Krista | Nov 26, 2014 | Spring
It's dark and cool tonight after a gorgeous rain that soaked deep into our parched soil. The air smells delectably clean and fresh and frogs are croaking happily outside my office window. It's long past my bedtime, but I don't mind. It's the last day of my 30's and I...
Coffee in the City
by Krista | Nov 24, 2014 | Spring
Yesterday I went to a meeting in Brisbane with Bear and our friend, Ann. Thanks to clear roads and brilliant weather, we arrived with an hour to kill in a part of the city we'd never explored. So we locked the car and went for a wander. There's something rather...
Unexpected Moments of Respite
by Krista | Nov 20, 2014 | Spring
It's a beautifully quiet morning at home after a wild storm blew in late yesterday afternoon. It's been wickedly hot and dry here in Queensland, so when we looked up to see heavy, dark clouds on the horizon, we hoped for rain but held that hope in an open hand. Much...
Time for Quietness
by Krista | Nov 17, 2014 | Spring
After several weeks of feeling stronger and healthier, my body has taken a few steps back, and it's time to rest awhile. In some ways, these moments are difficult. Plans must be set aside, dreams put on hold, and my world made smaller and more manageable. In other...
Building Good Work into My Life
by Krista | Nov 13, 2014 | Spring
It's mid-morning in my office. A candle flickers cheerily while the washing machine gurgles, shimmies, and whirs through its cycles. Ducklings peep outside my window and sunlight filters down through wind-tossed branches onto the floor. It's lovely to be home. Slowly...
Picking Broad Beans with Oma
by Krista | Nov 10, 2014 | Spring
It has been such a peaceful and relaxing weekend, full of all the good, happy things that nourish and restore a battered body and spirit. It's been so lovely to have this little break, to be able to dream and plan and talk over all sorts of ideas with Bear without any...
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