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Light Straw Clay

By EM Posted on June 5, 2019 Posted in Building Tagged with abundance, beauty, connection to the land, natural building, shelter
Light Straw Clay

Let’s talk about light straw clay. First off, I love it. Secondly, what is it? And why is it worthy of love? Both of those questions have an answer. Light straw clay is a bunch of straw (hence the “straw” …

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Gruesome Beauty

By EM Posted on January 18, 2014 Posted in Animals Tagged with beauty, butchering, connection to the land, death, food processing, turkeys
Gruesome Beauty

The extended family on my in-laws’ side lives in the woods and farmland west of Eugene, where wild turkeys are a real nuisance plentiful. Knowing this, we put game on our Christmas list, and two days after the holiday we …

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Chicken Glorious

By EM Posted on March 18, 2012 Posted in Animals Tagged with beauty, chickens, death
Chicken Glorious

Above are Henrietta’s feathers. She’s a Red-laced Wyandotte, and I didn’t realize how beautiful she was going to be until she grew up. We brought her, Maple and Harriet home in the back of our bike cart, three pullets in …

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Saturday

By EM Posted on March 10, 2012 Posted in Feel Tagged with beauty, direct experience, loneliness
Saturday

Saturday, I don’t organize account sheets or do taxes or make social posts for clients or write blog posts (for clients) or do any other freelancing. I’m firm about this. Saturday, I do laundry and dishes. I make coffee. I …

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