Well, we have begun our second week at the new farm, and while there will be MANY stories to tell and pictures to share, I am not entirely done telling the story of Preservation Acres and all we did there on this blog. So today, I am posting about our mudroom transformation. When we moved to PA in the fall of 2014, this room - and the adjoining bedroom, was one long space. We suspect it was a ... View Post
Moving is hard
Moving is hard. Moving after 30 years in a place is probably even harder. I don't know for as sure, as this is my first time making such a move, but it feels harder. And more emotional. Which might be the 30-year thing, or it might be the peri-menopause. Who can say? As a child, I moved a lot. I think one time I counted 12 places that my family had lived in 12 years. Looking back, I realized ... View Post
Preservation Acres: Primary Bathroom Remodel
"Love is particular: we name this person and love them. We invest in this place, in this soil and watch things grow.” – Leonard Hjalmarson As we get ready to move and start our new adventure I wanted to take some time to record some of the projects and events missed here on the blog. This blog has been around so long and has already borne witness to so many changes in our lives, that it seems ... View Post
For our next adventure…
If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you might have seen that we are selling our beloved Preservation Acres and heading off for a new adventure. A new adventure that we are over the moon to tell you about. But first, a little back story for those new to our story. About 16 years ago, with help from the Holy Spirit via Phyllis Tickle and her Farm in Lucy series, Nathan and I began to ... View Post
Praying the Offices
If you read my last blog post, you know that I recently began a new adventure as an Oblate-in-training with the sisters of the Community of St. Mary , a Benedictine order of nuns in The Episcopal Church. And if you are anything like I was just a few months ago, you might know very little about what is involved in discerning if the Oblate life is right for you. Best I can tell, each order of ... View Post
Oblate in Training
The following is an essay I wrote for the Community of St. Mary Southern Provence Newsletter, in which I share a bit of the back story in how I have found myself in discernment to be an Oblate in their community. “Ultimately it is the land and what it knows that sustains life; and it was to the land that we had to take our children before it was too late.” - Phyllis Tickle, from the ... View Post
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