A Crunchy Life

I have one paper left to grade and then I’m done, Done, DONE for the semester! This afternoon I took a quilt, a dog, and a book outdoors for about half an hour to lay in the sun and get warm after grading all day.  It was so good to just lay there and soak [...]

Soulemama: {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

School is almost out here and summer vacation is about to begin.  The kids are excited and are trying to slip into summertime already.  I’m excited for them.  And then a little bit scared, too.  I don’t want them to while away the summertime hours playing video games and watching TV. In the outdoors is [...]

That’s what I wanted to share with you this morning.  Our green here has been given a little white accessory, though: Truly, I shouldn’t be surprised as this is typical for where I live, 80+ degrees on Friday, snow on Monday. This sort of weather happens here every year, it seems. I remember one Mother’s [...]

After last Wednesday’s post, I set out to find a happy medium between the day’s to-do list and letting go of my controlling tendencies to enjoy the weather.  Here’s a little of what my day ended up looking like: Bread baking Packing a bag full of materials to suit the outdoors Winding yarn for my [...]

View from the dock on the bay near my home, in October: Three months later, in January: The dock itself, which I was surprised to see in the water still, was covered in frost: Though I still did some asana practice on it like in October, I kept my boots and gloves on this time! [...]

The former, not the latter, was the environment which greeted us this solstice morn.  Despite our disappointment at the lack of the white precipitation, we still clamored up the ladder to our tree house for our solstice morning tradition.  (Read my article on our solstice in last winter’s Rhythm of the Home. ) This morning [...]

Holding on as life seems to be careening by at break-neck speed right now, catching glimpses of the beauty of the season while we still can: I’m usually the one who is urging others to take care of themselves, to take time out holistically. Right now I’m feeling a bit like a hypocrite as I [...]

We’ve been seeing them around here for several weeks now, while eating dinner in the backyard, while taking walks, and recently while playing at the creek. I like to think dragonflies are little messages of auspiciousness for me and my family, signs to take notice of whatever we’ve been contemplating, an affirmative to whatever choices [...]

What do you find when you seek out magic in your day? Can you let yourself get lost in the moment? Will you remember that this moment is all you have? Can you find beauty in the here and now and let go of thoughts of wants? Will you find what you’re looking for if [...]