Tag Archives: spiritual ecologies

Shift, Part 2

Posted on December 6, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

I’ve been living with an income decrease for almost 6 months now. I prepared for the “eventful” decrease with the help of one of my sons who has some financial savvy. I’m on a scary end of this financial learning … Continue reading →

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drought, wildfire, and burning (freeway) bridges

Posted on July 19, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

The very dry summer of 2014 turned into the dry fall of 2014, just as the very dry summer of 2013 became the dry winter of 2013. The very dry winter of 2014 became the dry spring of 2015 and … Continue reading →

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small losses

Posted on June 20, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

So I mourned the loss of my marriage. And maybe even more, I mourned the loss of my hopes for the marriage. On and off, over the last couple of years I’ve thought about how much loss there has been … Continue reading →

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running its course

Posted on June 19, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

I see that walking away from my marriage, although I didn’t want to do it initially, is completely in my best interest. Really, it was my ex who walked away.  He wanted a new life, in a new place, with … Continue reading →

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pain, reconsidered

Posted on May 31, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

Pain does some weird things to a person. Over the last 48 hours I’ve moved from contentment to dread to deep discomfort with my discomfort. In the process, I hit a brick wall of fear and sadness. Pretty typical. Depression … Continue reading →

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freeze frame

Posted on April 21, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

I wrote this yesterday evening and hesitated posing it. Not for any reason, just did. Yesterday was the kind of day, had you come to the high desert, you’d want to linger for a bit. Today I want to put … Continue reading →

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my blood

Posted on April 6, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

My blood comes from the mountains of West Virginia. I came of age in the heart of a city in the Great Lakes Rust Belt. I grew up watching its traffic and its creeks and rivers, walking along the lakeshore. … Continue reading →

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observe and interact

Posted on April 4, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

Nearly a year ago, I said I was going to write about permaculture design principles on the farm and in my life. It’s taken me a while because life can eat us up. I’ve been continuing to think about it, … Continue reading →

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more dreams

Posted on March 23, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

My dreams are my own. My dreams are asking me to walk through places of possibility to get to them. They tell me to finally, after all of these years, to honor my own real self so I might touch … Continue reading →

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a raft

Posted on March 23, 2015 by rainshadowfarm

This is a dream that has lived in my mind for a few years. I wrote about it, but it disappeared, probably when I screwed up this blog and almost lost the whole thing. When I don’t know what comes … Continue reading →

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