I’ve been busy tending things: worms, chicks, vegetables, friendships, flowers, kefir, fragile hearts. We’ve been busy building a greenhouse, a chicken coop, a chicken run, a tree house, a straw bale compost. I’ve been trying to destory an anthill that sits a foot away from my greenhouse. Naturally. With no success. And things have been [...]
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25 Feb
Lent is not about subtracting, but adding
In discussing this Lenten season with my two elementary-age daughters tonight, my eldest declared she would give up sweets for the length of Lent, starting tomorrow. “Tomorrow? Why tomorrow? Why not begin today?” I asked, thinking it is Ash Wednesday, the official starting point of Lent. “Because it was someone’s birthday today and we had birthday treats [...]
25 Feb
Lent is NOT about Chocolate
I love chocolate. I grew up with chocolate as a food group, all on its own somewhere between the grains and the dairy. It was {still is} meant to be savored, letting the sweetness melt on the tongue as opposed to being grossly masticated and ingested without taste or smell. Dining on chocolate is an [...]
