Subsistence Farming - Hawaii

lauren just got back from spending 5 days showing her dad the island and our farm. now we have scott’s father, step mother and two (11yr old) nephews for two weeks. it is fascinating to watch the varied reactions to our farm. to some it is an oasis to others we are living substandard conditions. […]

a few days ago scott gave me some undivided attention (NVC empathy) and it was so fundamentally insightful. i was able to process and explore what is going on for me. at the end, scott summarized it as: “we have done some serious transformational medicine journeys, we have immersed ourselves in NVC, couple’s council weekly, […]

i just got back from a long talk with lauren. how funny it is to be listening to the wisdom of my own child!
i was sharing with her my struggles with trusting myself (actually, what is more true, is that i only struggle when i don’t trust myself!).
i believe that this life is like a […]

what a difficult time i am having
i am so confused about whether to trust my intuition or not in terms of interpreting the action of others. do i go with my inner story, my physical response, my gut? isn’t that a story? or do i switch my focus on what i am needing? i am […]

this year has brought some sad times on our farm. we lost 3 beloved goats unexpectedly, we have had 2 serious injuries with our 2 horses, there is a gall wasp that is attacking the trees we have planted and use for living fence posts on our acres of pasture. we also lost the roof […]

the vegetable seeds we planted together are coming up. even some of the ones i thought were not viable. they look like chia pots with all the sprouts.
we had one somewhat overcast day yesterday but last night was without rain and this morning is sunny. it feels a bit cooler though. remember how much you […]