Jose Reyes, involved in many preparations for the seminar, from building lawn chairs to looking skyward:)  

I wish my fellow man, my daughters, my neighbors, my husband…I wish my strangers, I wish my blood related beings…I wish I may love you well. Dalai Lama said, “The definition of love in Buddhism is: wanting others to be happy.” I wish you happy. Buddhism also teaches that love can be developed, cultivated.  “Like […]

Decorating and building and painting and screening and cooking and cleaning and planting and playing: here, off the grid:)

As we prepare for the upcoming seminar at the farm led by Jose, many details begin to hit me:  How will I be able to stay in touch with YOU?  How will I be able to write and send out blog posts?  My aim is to try to send something at least once a week, […]

  I wanted to back up a week or so to include a couple more pics and stories.  I’ve told you about Felipe and Rosa several times, and they are very much a part of our off the grid permaculture life on the farm.  Every night that Jose and Katiuska are not at the farm, […]

I send belated New Year greetings to all that are here.  In “Off The Grid” time, I’m just about “on time” for sending my New Year wishes, January 3rd.  I received a very informative and fun review of offthegridmama blog via WordPress, my website host.  For those of you who have been with me from […]

Maybe tis the season here, for challenging internet and phone connections.  To all who have tried to contact me, I send my greetings and love back at ya!  I’m in my internet cafe for a few precious minutes yet even here the connection is slow…slow…slow… Such is the pace of this moment.  To accept and […]

We were enchanted by Sofia and Michelle’s “Happy Kids of Bonao” bilingual school Holiday play this past week.  A local woman sewed every child’s outfit for approximately 300 pesos each (about US $7.50).  You can see Michelle in her red outfit, above, performing with her classmates, swinging her maracas all around and over her head […]

Hey My Faithful Friends:) Happy to be with you right here and now. I was honored and excited to be asked to contribute an article in a hip, forward thinking on line publication called “Precis.” In issue 5, just published yesterday, you will find “Off The Grid, EcoRetreat Style” written by yours truly, on pages […]