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Learning and Growing from Past Decisions Dec 14, 2023

Do your best until you know better. Then do better.”

~Maya Angelou

How often to you judge your decisions and situation, or that of others, based on your experience of what you’ve already done?

You don’t know what others know now, and you didn’t know then what you know now.

So be kind an...

The Rewards of Balancing Intensity and Rest Dec 13, 2023

Balance

Really?

Is it possible?

I like to think of it more like seasons that ebb and flow.

It feels more natural and aligned.

I don’t know many things in nature that live in a steady state of balance.

I do know many beings though, who live in an overall peace.

Big spurts ...

Firecracker Recipe Dec 12, 2023

So simple and yummy! Gluten and dairy free!

INGREDIENTS:

3 Cups Rice Krispies cereal (or other crunchy cereal you have on hand).

1 scoop protein powder

1/2 C Shredded unsweetened coconut

1-1/2 C Chocolate Chips

1 C Peanut Butter (smooth or crunchy)

1/3 C Maple Syrup (I cut to 1/4)

1/2 C Coconu...

A Reminder of the Hard Work and Dedication Behind Quality Beef Dec 12, 2023

Sale day is always a bittersweet day around here.

We raise and sell feeder calves and we pour our hearts and energy into raising them from birth.

Always hard to see them go, but it makes you proud to see really nice cattle leaving the place.

One of the hardest days to explain, such a blend ...

Choosing Our Reactions Wisely in Unpredictable Times Dec 08, 2023

Some days the wind blows, it’s cold, rainy and cloudy.

Some days it’s calm, sunny and warm.

And sometimes those are all in the same day.

We don’t have control of the weather, nor do we have control of all things around us all the time.

And this can feel unsettling.

What we do have control ov...

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What’s new in the blog?

Do your best until you know better. Then do better.”

~Maya Angelou

How often to you judge your decisions and situation, or that of others, based on your experience of what you’ve already done?

You don’t know what others know now, and you didn’t know then what you know now.

So be kind an...

Some days the wind blows, it’s cold, rainy and cloudy.

Some days it’s calm, sunny and warm.

And sometimes those are all in the same day.

We don’t have control of the weather, nor do we have control of all things around us all the time.

And this can feel unsettling.

What we do have control ov...

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