Nothing we accomplish in life is totally free of the influence of spirit and community. We do nothing alone. Tricia Hersey | Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto Happy Spring Family! The time has come. We have tucked the first seeds…
February ’23 Love Notes
…if we think of the natural landscapes that surround us as simply blank slates, existing for humans to act upon them according to our will, then we cannot exist in life sustaining harmony with the earth. bell hooks Beloved Community,…
Black Earth Wisdom – January ’23 Love Notes
Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence.Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance. Yoko Ono Beloved Community, This month we’ve given ourselves an opportunity to find slowness and…
Freedom Fire – End of Year Letter
SOUL FIRE FARM 2022 – FREEDOM FIRE Bobby M was on Texas death row for forty years, half of those in solitary confinement, before being released in 2020. We had the honor to host this wise and gentle elder during…
November Love Notes – Giving Tuesday
If you get, give. If you learn, teach. Maya Angelou Beloved Community, This month we wrapped up farm season by tucking the growing beds in with a thick blanket of straw for their slumber, and getting the goats, chickens and…
October Love Notes
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Desmond Tutu Beloved Community, We are grateful for all the ways this month has brought us together. 12 of our team members journeyed to Atlanta for the…
September Love Notes
We agreed to take care of the seeds and the seeds agreed to take care of us. Rowen White Beloved Community, We hope that your transition into autumn has been ripe with sweetness!Our Solidarity Share bags are bursting at the…
Leah’s Sabbatical
Greetings friends, I will be on Sabbatical from June through December 2023. I am so grateful for your support of this period of refresh and reset, which is profoundly necessary after two decades of steadfast labor and unwavering dedication to…
August Love Notes
i have been locked by the lawless. Handcuffed by the haters. Gagged by the greedy. And, if i know anything at all, it’s that a wall is just a wall and nothing more at all. It can be broken down.…
July Love Notes
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks Beloved Community, The requisite labor of mid-summer has a certain sacred quality. There…