Folk Wisdom... Folk Arts... and words that want to be shared

By Kristine Karpinski

We welcome the energy of Beltane ('bright fire') as we celebrate the fertility of the land and the strengthening sun!

Green things are bursting forth, water is flowing in unexpected places, the air has the fragrance of worms & rain, and critters are getting busy with the...

By Kristine Karpinski

The red-winged blackbirds have arrived. They’ve begun their yearly gather around the water cooler (old well) to chat about the winter and debrief about plans for the coming days. Not far away, the mourning doves are doing their thing in the parking lot, picking at the...

By Kristine Karpinski

These lighter days and bright starry nights have brought increased activity from all the critters here.

Foxes playing in the snow in twos. Racoons playing follow-the-leader in family lines. Woodpeckers, mourning doves, blue jays and other winged ones gathering as a chorus of...

By Kristine Karpinski

A red squirrel showed up in early January, working hard to gather nest materials from a roll of animal-friendly burlap that was simply too big for her to maneuver successfully. She pulled and wrestled with the roll, making many effortful attempts to no success.

She was...

By Kristine Karpinski

I watched the turkeys the other day as they ran proudly across the newly snow covered field.

There were twelve in total, all trying to win the race from the big cedar to the big pine and back again as if passing messages from one tree to the other. Tight on their tails were...

by Kristine Karpinski

The season of change is upon us.

As the leaves fall and the ground goes to cold, we find ourselves well in step with the cycle with a change of our own! We are now at home in our new digs at 4596 Carp Road, tucked in well on the land here, with blessings from the...