by Andi | May 24, 2015 | God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
We’ve had a good first couple of weeks in the farm stand. We’ve sold a few things, made some great strides in signage, and are enjoying the honor of sharing the gifts of this place with other people. But this morning, I have to confess that my spirit is a... by Andi | May 19, 2015 | chickens, Garden, Goats, God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
The blackberries are going to be abundant this year – heat early and rain. I can almost taste the tart goodness now. From my office, I can see at least two stands of them, and we have some coming in the orchard. Plus, just up the road, a pasture has gone wild... by Andi | May 17, 2015 | Buildings, chickens, Garden, God's Whisper
From where I sit on the couch, I can see the back of the voting house by the road. The building was constructed sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century as the polling place for white people in the town of Radiant. When I tell other folks about this... by Andi | May 12, 2015 | Andi's Book, God's Whisper, Workshop, Written and Wrought
On my desk, Philip set a beautiful bouquet of flowers from our farmyard. Irises, buttercups, red clover we seeded in the fall garden, even a peony almost ready to bud. He placed them all in an old steel pitcher we found in the wagon shed, laid a note against it, and... by Andi | May 1, 2015 | God's Whisper, Slavery, Written and Wrought
Many poets are not poets for the same reasons many religious [people] are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get around to being the particular poet or the particular monk they are intended to be by God. They never become the [person] or...