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Weekend #1

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The first weekend was quite quiet. It seems strange that the absence of  just a couple of us made the house feel so much emptier. During the week the house is a teeming hub of staff, stufas, middle school students, teachers, visitors, etc. Over the weekend people take day trips or go to visit family, the staff is off site and the whole place is calm.   Saturday was especially quiet. I woke up around 7:30 and took full advantage of the opportunity to lounge in bed.  When I got to the farm house I added my laundry basket to the rather long line of other baskets and steeped a cup of PG tips tea.  Breakfast was a fabulous morning pizza put together by one of the stufas on weekend chores (in penance for jumping the laundry line) made from fresh veggies, focacia, and farm eggs.  I then read our assigned chapters in Eliot Coleman's The New Organic Grower.   Each weekend a pair of stufas is responsible for chores. This primarily means caring for the...
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"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." --Henry David Thoreau As evidenced by the title I chose for this blog, this is my favorite quote. Since coming across it in high school I have returned to these words repeatedly as a reminder, a hope, a directive, and simply a beautiful sentiment. I think I appreciate this call to active, open, and experiential living most when I fall into the trap of worrying.  And if you didn't know this by now...I tend to worry. This year however I have embarked on an adventure in which I am going to strive to challenge and confront my anxieties. I have joined a community--The Learn to Farm community.  EVERYONE visiting/reading this should go right now to the website and explore it a little bit. ht tp://farmschool.org/learntofarm/  I arrived in Athol/Orange, MA on Thursday, October 4.  Mom, Dad, Ethan and Mimi helped moved me in and w...
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