One feature and legacy of colonization is objectification of everything: humans, land, animals, trees, air, etc. They all are seen by the colonizer as objects or “resources” to be capitalized. These are all inanimate objects put on Earth for the colonizer to exploit....
Abundance is an overused buzzword in the "self-improvement industry". I'm guilty of overusing it. I had an idea in my head about what I meant by this, but recently had several embodied experiences of just exactly what abundance feels like in the body. I have been...
My Mom had a fire. She was often a kind peaceful woman. But when her fire rose to the surface, you knew to duck for cover. Her fire felt scary and unpredictable. Even as her health was slipping away from her, heaven help the health care worker who naively spoke to...
The events in Charlottesville, VA in August broke me open in a way I never expected. I've always seen my life as a journey of learning. Every challenge I've encountered has prompted reflection and learning. I like to think that all these learning experiences allow...
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...
"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...
After spending a few days in Luanda, we finally drove out to Uige yesterday and to the farm today! It was so exciting to get our hands in the dirt literally and feel like we were doing what I came here to do. So far, my general answer to anyone asking about what we...
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