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In May, Patrick and I planted two trees in honor of our kids. We planted a Dawn Redwood for Abraham and a Weeping Willow for Penelope. Abe was born in Berkeley, California, and before we left the bay, we took him to the redwood forest. …
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 …
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 …
Making coil pots is my latest creative therapy. Painting them with repetitive patterns adds another layer of calm to the process. Sifting through thrift stores to find plates satisfies that itch to gather and choose. I have six baby spider plants in handmade, hand painted …
Growing up, my Grandma provided a bevy of kitchen certainties. Among them was bread from the Baltic Bakery. She kept us stocked with a loaf of Lithuanian dark rye (which she would slice into impressively thin and consistent slices) and a raisin egg twist (which …
I love tulips, but Spring Bird can not sustain tulips because the deer eat them. Sigh! But I made this little illustration into a sticker/unofficial stamp for Woolgathering, our adfree, quarterly magazine about the seasons. I like making stickers because they remind me that the …
