by Ericka Pardun | Jul 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
In late summer of 2017, we had a painful new learning on the farm through an encounter with a disease we had not previously even known about. It led to a new practice that has had unexpected benefits. The disease, PEM (Polioencephalomalacia), shows up randomly in...
by Ericka Pardun | Jun 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
You may be aware that I live on 40 acres in a wilderness area, with one man, 2 cats, 3 dogs, 3 ornamental pheasants, 10 pea fowl, 11 goats, 15 sheep, 36 chickens and 50+ guinea fowl. Oh, and 5 hives full of honey bees. What you may not know is how much these animals...
by Lyn | Apr 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sometimes this experience of being a physical human is unpleasant and uncomfortable. It just is. And then there are those moments when – if we’re paying attention – Something Wonderful Happens. A baby is born. A team connects and meshes. A vision...
by Lyn | Apr 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
A story about expanding what is possible and transforming a culturally-mandated bias. Recently, I decided to adopt an online software system as a tool for my business. Before committing, however, I watched my VA demo the software. She breezed through the...
by Lyn | Apr 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
A story about finding the capacity in which determination and surrender can co-exist. This article takes a deeper look at the questions explored in the original posting on Facebook, on 12 April, 2018. April , 2018 A chilly night in a barn during spring lambing plus an...
by Lyn | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
A story about birth and how the things we want, plan for, yearn for – don’t always show up as planned. And – how wonderful that can be. I was able to experience this with a literal birth experience here on the farm where I share my life with one man,...
by Lyn | Jul 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
There’s a difference between knowing the answer…and living it. Between understanding a principle and making it part of your life in ways that rock your world. Know what I mean? Once upon a time, when my life was a major reconstruction zone (love when that happens,...
by Lyn | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Change takes up a lot of bandwidth: Making it. Fighting it. Controlling it (or rather, trying to). Safe to say we have a lot of energy invested in change, either for or against, and sometimes both. Here’s the thing: You can’t force change anymore than you can push a...
by Lyn | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the movie Eat, Pray, Love, the heroine realizes her life is no longer working. In doing what she’s always done, using familiar strategies, it becomes clear: She does not know how to resolve her growing sense of discomfort and disconnection. She embarks upon an...
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