Living and Learning

September 25, 2015
An important realization: I am not naturally a business person or blogger. I didn't realize the importance of internet communications, constant contact, and detailed plans and information processing that would go into being a farmer, homesteader, and community member! Always a learning experience- today I'm catching up on the (way outdated) website information, blogging (about blogging...is that really a word??), and sharing information and experiences on Facebook. I'd like to think I'd be doing  this even if it weren't raining outside...

Because this IS an important point of connection. We are living dynamic lives, and we have the capacity to learn and share without even considering the mileage between us. My goal is to be present to outreach as a practice- something beneficial I can integrate into my life for the betterment of myself and others. I love this land-based, community life, and I know that many people who have supported us throughout the years are interested in what we are up to and how it is going here at Coffee Creek. 

So THANK YOU! For your continued support, your interest, and your time. I hope that we will both be diligent in utilizing this valuable resource to learn about all of the projects, plans, plants, and produce of Coffee Creek Community & Gardens now and for seasons and years to come. 
 

C is for Community

February 13, 2012
There is a rabbit hutch on the north side of the Longhouse. No domestic rabbits live at Coffee Creek yet, but when they do, they will have a great little hutch to reside in. There were many lonely days on the farm when my young son, Waylon, and I were the only members of our "intentional community." The intentions were always here...

Holding space throughout the many transitions that Coffee Creek has seen has been a difficult and often painful process, and at times I have reflected upon the ma...
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March Forth!

March 7, 2011
The beauty of March is that the mornings are too cold, and the evenings too dark to get more than eight hours in the gardens. With all the excitement of the season, it is important to pace ourselves and ease back, not only into the physically strenuous aspects of farming, but the brain and time consumption.

Already we have gotten a lot done. A late start is our style, but this year we really did it right by actually taking some time to get away! Two weeks spent in two feet of east coast snow ...
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Anticipation! Preparation!

January 23, 2011
The season of rest is coming to a close, and I can feel it in every step. We may still be in the midst of a Northwest winter, but the greenhouse is on my mind...sprouting begins next month, but it is already in my heart, my dreams, my breath.

Along with the excitement, I am also thankful- I really feel like I made the most of my winter. I have been sewing and knitting- and not by myself. I have taken the steps toward intimate friendships that I haven't had the "time" or "headspace" for over th...
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On our minds...

January 7, 2011
Creating space to free our minds and share our visions...with too much coffee involved to take advantage of it. I will thank myself later...

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