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Rituals & New Years

Posted by Erin D. on December 23, 2010 in Community, Failures, Goals, Holidays, Musing, Writing

The dregs of 2010 are spiraling down the drain of time, leaving some of us in a reflective state, myself included. I am a firm believer in the power of important dates and rituals, not because I necessarily ascribe any supernatural or universal Meanings to those things, but rather because they give us access to [...]

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Garden Planning

Posted by Erin D. on February 26, 2010 in Gardening, Local Farms, Native Plants, Pest Control, Planning

Yesterday, as the wind blew and the snow swirled, I spent a good many hours planning our first garden. We’re fortunate to have a pretty large yard with a substantial area (40′ x 100′) already fenced off for gardening. even though it’s currently buried under a foot of snow (which I adore, it’s fabulous,) it’s [...]

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Be Resolute, Yet Flexible…

Posted by Erin D. on January 1, 2010 in Goals

I wrote this weeks ago and forgot to publish it. Derp. It’s getting to be that time – The Time of Resolutions. The last time I purposely set positive, healthy, fabulous resolutions, I made the goals too lofty and they all crumbled within a month. This was discouraging; I felt like a failure and I [...]

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New Beginnings, New Year

Posted by Erin D. on January 1, 2010 in Mental Well-Being

“Mindfulness” has long been a word around which I arrange my life to the best extent I can. It encompasses so much of what I aspire to, and if more of us lived mindfully, the world would assuredly be a kinder, gentler, less hostile place. I found this wonderful post on Bloom today, in which [...]

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Books, NPR & Short-Term Plans

Posted by Erin D. on December 31, 2009 in Sustainability

Busy busy busy! It’s all exciting stuff, though, that should keep me pretty well engaged. Having largely divorced myself from the online video game that was eating my life, and having the holidays done with, I’ve discovered all manner of free time. Course, that may simply be an illusion due to the holiday schedule at [...]

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