Come In

The inside of a window greenhouse.

Come in, You dreamers and shakers,
Come in. You wild ones, world makers,
Come in.

The Light

Fog covered morning just before sunrise on a farm.

The Light brings out the poems in me. Like some distillation, some percolating process, the sun shines on my skin and then poetry begins seeping from my heart.

Answering Your Questions – Gardening Edition

Garden arches with plants growing up and over them.

There are so many questions when it comes to growing a garden, and answers can vary from location to location. It’s my desire to hold the garden gate open for all people who have the desire to grow food. In this episode of the podcast, I’m sharing my gardening answers to your most frequently asked questions.

The Rocks Would Cry Out

Oak tree with the sun setting in the distance.

I read that He said the rocks would cry out if we did not praise. And though the daily cry of my heart is to see Him raised high, exalted, I’ve been very quiet around the rocks too.

Someday

A woman sitting on a chair journaling.

Someday, maybe I’ll have the words
to finally feel heard but until then I’ll grow seeds into lush life and point with wide eyes, wave my tiny hands
and beg “please understand”…

He Made This Garden for Me

Picture of a garden with a greenhouse and barn in the background.

This is how I have known the Glory of Yahweh, not in the lights and sound of a church service but in the itch of a weedy walkway on bare feet…

You’re Worth Caring For, and I Was, Too

A woman holding a pail of fresh raw milk in a field.

This year has been one of the strangest of my life. A sickness that eluded doctors for years came to a peak, wreaking havoc on my body and forcing me into a slow-down.

Parklike

Fog covered morning just before sunrise on a farm.

On a morning around this time two years ago, I was sitting at my kitchen table in Arkansas with my husband, Miah. I was reading or journaling or drinking coffee with my thoughts…