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STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE Strawberry Shortcake is a Summer staple. It embodies the sweetness of the season celebrating the berries’ sunbaked sugars. Our homegrown strawberries usually don’t make it much beyond the garden. They are eaten immediately, but if you have more restraint than we do – …
Last weekend, I got bitten by the “purge-and-reorganize-everything-bug.” This effort was motivated by a simple desire to have a place in our front entrance devoted to shoes. For these last seven years, we’ve been living with a barricade of shoes at our front door. (fire …
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Happy Full Moon! A Blessing For You: May your days be as candy sweet, plump, and juicy as the strawberries in my garden. May serendipity, intuition, or faerie whispers guide you to that hidden gem that hangs with heavy sweetness in the cool, dark, leafy …
EMBRACING YOUR INNOCENCESaturday, June 18, 202210 AM – 3 PM At Spring Bird18N600 West Hill RoadDundee, Illinois 60118 The cost is $75 You may pay with a check, made out to Margaret Lentz or cash You are invited to join our Sacred Circle as we …
May 2022: Beatriz Chapters 12 & 13 In this episode, we check in with Deborah who is searching for a lost knee pad, and Beatriz, Merula, and Circe unlock another mystery as they attempt to find their way out of their woodsy tangle. Listen HERE!
This Full Moon SAYS: Listen Listen Listen Inhabit Observe Tend Tend Tend to inner landscapes to exterior landscapes Be home Be home Be home Take time away from the routine Dig deep into the dirt And be with the birds Happy full moon!
We played with willow at the last Earth Hearts Workshop. I’ve always been interested in weaving with willow, and I was surprised to find that it was more challenging than I had expected. Natural materials want to do what they want to do. They have …
Here’s a toast to the worms doing the important work of decomposing organic matter and thereby enriching our soil. I love finding them when I’m digging in the garden, but it must be so shocking to be so suddenly exposed. Worse is finding them surfaced …
What’s the buzz? Beatriz learns about some key happenings of her past in Chapters 10 and 11, and Grandma Eartha keeps it cool while hoping for the best. Listen HERE or listen wherever you get your podcasts!!! Enjoy!!!!
Patrick and I are so excited to announce the 2022 Artist in Residence at Spring Bird Cottage. This year’s recipient is Erin Cramer!!! Erin will be using her residency to design her workshop: Art as Spiritual Practice through Papermaking which she will be teaching this …
I love grottos – especially DIY grottos – and especially, especially bathtub grottos. In our magazine Woolgathering, I wrote about growing up with grottos and bringing Mary flowers in May – since it is her month in the Catholic church. According to my Grandma, May …
I love tulips! For me they remind me that good things come for those who wait. They also have been associated with perfect love, rebirth, and financial mania in the Netherlands. I love their colors, their intensity, and their heavy heads. They look amazing in …
Wrap up your cookies in napkins because we are headed into the woods in this next episode of Beatriz where I read Chapters 8 & 9! In this fourth episode of the third season, we continue Beatriz’s story. Beatriz enters the woods with Circe, the …
