The Farm.

Fear can exist there, but will not be fed. It will be acknowledged but not allowed to curl up comfortably and run things from the background.

happens through alchemy. These are the same people, whom I love the same now as then. This is the same earth and the same opportunity to sow, to weed, to harvest and to enjoy. Crafting a life starts with a thought, necessarily followed by an action. The courage to act. Alchemy looks instant but it is not. It is accomplished through a spiral process that is maintained through right action.

that get it. Such beauty in the rhythm and such harmony of flow. Idyllic but possible.

will be the best context for what we eat, what we do, when we go to sleep and how often we get to make a fire. Honeybees when it’s warm, cutting firewood and canning in the fall. Gathering mushrooms (unnamed Tom Robbins novel), being not so distracted.