It’s been an unusual January week. Normally January is our coldest month, but this week has been warm with temperatures over zero degrees Celsius – all snow has melted. In my kitchen garden I see the leftover weeds from 2024’s harvest, calling me to clean it up. There is something to January that calls on […]

I’ve read about how sick a baby can get from the most common cold or flu, needing hospitalization or life support. So it has been my biggest fear since Henry was born six months ago. Last week we got a cold. I’ve been down for a week, Henry was a little better off, but instead […]

I have always felt a need to turn inward when everyone proclaim their New Year’s resolutions. Not until this winter did I understand why.  Winter is a time for hibernation. Nature rests under the snowy surface, animals have stocked up or sleep for months. Instead of taking this time to do something similar, the western […]