by Andi | Jul 25, 2014 | Cooking, Garden
This morning, I wrote over at my other blog – Andilit – about the way that Jenna Woginrich of Cold Antler Farm has inspired and guided me in this dream of a farm life. Here’s an excerpt from that post: No matter how you make your living and build... by Andi | Jul 21, 2014 | animals, Garden, Music
Just a little of the abundance thriving in this place today: Yesterday, 12 writers drove away and left the blessing of their presence here. I can still feel it, even through my fatigue. (You can read more about the Writer’s Retreat here.) This morning, I... by Andi | Jun 29, 2014 | chickens, Garden, Workshops
A few years ago, a beautiful friend asked me to house sit for her while she and her family went away. At the time, I was living in San Francisco, and her place is in Mendocino, so I drove up into the “real” Northern California and arrived at this... by Andi | Jun 26, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Meander
I saw them the other day, and it was like I had new eyes – fields and fields of wildflowers, growing just beside the roads I drive all the time. Queen Anne’s Lace and Black Eyed Susans. Cornflowers sprouting from gravel and dancing in the whish of... by Andi | Jun 22, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Workshop
And I taste in my natural appetite the bond of live things everywhere. – from “cutting greens” by Lucille Clifton I don’t know what this place feels like to you. . . but for me, this place – where things seem to be coming together just as...