I felt like everyone else had a secret manual. At least the cool kids definitely had access to the manual. I know I didn't. But I looked and listened and picked up clues as to what was in the manual. There were lots of rules regarding what to wear, what not to...
Allowing to be cracked open
If you throw a peanut in the shell to a chicken, it will eat the shell whole, because it knows that it may get stolen if it doesn't hurry. If you throw a peanut in a shell to a guinea hen, it will try to crack it open, and but probably get the peanut stolen by a...
Just grow some tomatoes!
"I'm just so tired of constantly thinking, questioning, analyzing, doubting. I just want to go live on the farm and grow some tomatoes and just be!" I loved my job at CGE. It was really an amazing job and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to do it for 9...
Surviving in the System
We recently had some German friends visiting us. One grew up in the former East Germany. Please excuse my ignorance if this is common knowledge, but I hadn't consciously realized this before. They were telling me that during that time, it was common for volunteers or...
Trusting!
A couple of weeks ago, I submitted my resignation! My last day will be in June, but I wanted to do it now so that I wouldn't have to bite my tongue anymore. It's all part of living authentically. For several months now, I have felt very confident that this is the...
The Seasons
I recently visited the US. My parents were moving into assisted living and so spending some time with them seemed the correct thing to do for a multitude of reasons. Its the first time I've been in the Midwest in October in a very long time. The leaves were at their...
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