Subsistence Farming - Hawaii

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 […]

lauren and i have been to a linda tellington-jones workshop on kona side. she lives there and also in santa fe. she seems like a horse therapist to me. she is not interested in the recent horse training ideas about humans communicating to horses using horse language, humans being the alpha horse in a pack. […]

if you can imagine, we had an intern on the land who turned out to be a missionary in training here to save the hawaiians from pele. i had some serious conversations with him about the arrogance and destruction caused by the christian missionary. i told him to go after the ice heads and leave […]

sustainable living. what topics are important to address? water systems, power systems, local food sources, , local material structures, waste management, transportation. these seem to be the main ones i addressed.
my recent experience homeschooling Lauren (9th grade) has given me a new perspective. why isn’t education in the top ten list for sustainability? how can […]

things are getting crazy on the island with rising gas prices etc. when you live on an island you feel the changes sooner. no buffer. we actually experience empty shelves at the stores at times! they are not all empty but there might be no organic oats in all of the 3 health food grocery […]

i had a long spell of forgetting that i am living in paradise. i forgot how close there were waves pounding the coast. i thought i life only extended to the dying wili wili pastures.
scott is dropping some big trees as i type this. the pond has 3 happy ducks swimming in it. not much […]