Yes I’m still here!!!!!  My wish is to “talk” with you at least twice a week so my apologies for going missing on you:)  This is ridiculous but one minor problem is that I still don’t know how to post pictures on my blog..I need Hubby to help..I WILL learn this task.  But since we […]

Every day, there are so many “WOW” moments, I wish I could record all of them here.  Today, I want to share a couple of moments of the last few days, in the midst of our life here, just so you get a view of the lighter side of everything, too.   On my day […]

Early morning light…a wrinkly Chinola (Passion Fruit aka Lilikoi in Hawaii), a lime and a smooth waxy Chinola that was resting on the path to El Rio… Cut open the wrinkly Chinola..the heady, robust aroma of the jungle enters all of the senses, wild and fresh. Cut open the smooth, shiny one from the path: […]

I’m here at the farm alone today with Sofia and Michelle.  In my usual mode, I went from feeling a bit anxious to — tiptoeing, then wading, then immersing myself into the flow of the day.  The girls are amazing:  They entertain themselves and me, with creative projects such as collecting flowers into a bag […]

Every year, Jose’s group members come to the farm from Santo Domingo, the United States, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Canada, and a few other places I’m probably forgetting. Jose hosts several seminars at the farm, which are usually about 8-9 days long, with various extensions depending on the year. The farm can host up to […]

Here is Sofia with Kala, a very intelligent and protective German Shephard who is always nearby. Kala and Sofia watching over Michelle as she finds her way out of El Rio. Sofia and Michelle with their “floaties,” helping them float and swim in the river. Sofia in El Rio, with Philos the hunting dog, in […]

Hello again, from a piece of time that became possible.  Hubby is with the girls.  I took my FIRST trip out of the farm – solo – in the truck.  I’m at the combo grocery store/internet cafe place in the city of Bonao.  It was good to break through the fear of traveling outside the […]

Whew! Internal weather report for today:  I have a lot of anxiety.  This is not new.  Anxiety has been with me since I was thirteen, and probably before, although I don’t remember. Why am I anxious?  Why is there thunder in the distance right now, why is that rooster hoarsely crowing nearby, even though it’s […]

It’s been hard to find a good, long chunk of time to write a post, and now is not a good chunk, either..I have six minutes before the wild rice is finished.  Speed-writing is not the best way to go unless sending an emergency message, which this isn’t. But I really wanted to say hello. […]

Lots and lots to share, and not much time.  Yet Hubby just gathered Sofia and Michelle upstairs to the meditation room to create a bit of computer time for me.  Up there, the girls can peek at the kittens, drum, play with a special box of haphazardly attired Barbie and Ken dolls (this is very […]