What Happens When You Jump

My yard is a dog’s playpen: old shoes, bones, rope.
When Chandla knows we are going walking she gets excited and likes to grab a bone and bring it along. LIke a toddler, within yards of the gate, the bone is dropped as our movement brings other scents and sights that must be followed.
My normal reaction [...]

I was told that a common wild plant that grows here, called “Palo de Agua” can be used to whiten whites.
I conducted an experiment and besides being fun, it was effective!
Here is how I did it:
1. Put water and laundry soap in a bucket
2. Add white clothing/cloth (It really was more yellow than you can [...]

Today I have become a huntress of wood. Searching for and listening to the voices of what I find. Does it want to come with me? A firekeeper of the mundane. It’s good. Maybe better. In this, I am in a state of conscious connection which I always desire but primarily mustered for ceremonial fire [...]

Sept 17, 2008
I want to live with nature and in harmony and not use too much and be strong enough to withstand changing weather conditions. I want to be like a cave woman and forage and make fire and cord, carry water, grind grain.
And I’m in this bungalow in the mountains that is not built [...]