Our first commissioned collection. It feels like such a gift… to me. Claudia, owner of a bulk food/herb/tea shop a town or two away wants us to collect lemon balm & red clover blossoms. Her parents are from Peru
in the land of home: two graces
Tonight Ini & I had a heart council. New Moon in Taurus. Time of earthy, grounded, materialistic beginnings. We follow in the tradition we learned at OUR ecovillage by a teacher from the Ojai Foundation. It opens us up, lets more
the island of amantani, peru & worship of the heart
the temple is like a bowl, a relief, a womb. here pilgrims come again to be held. to cry. to dance. to sing & offer. this is the temple where the original humans who crawled from lake titicaca come to
we are “the way things are”
the eyes of the people there is a fleece, a thin film once removed △ clear sight the film: believe there is a “the way things are” this: proposed on every media main-stream fishes swimming, hooked in “the dream” yet Step
The Way Forward
You must have complete faith in yourself, she told me as she blew tobacco smoke into the top of my skull, cleansing me. Only Love Only Light Only Healing and only full belief will bring this to fruition, she reminded me.
On Work and Its Transformation: A Vision
Last night I had a very clear, culminative dream. The way I can best start to transmit its meaning to me is this: have you ever been to a summer camp? An overnight or weeklong or more variety? I worked
Letters to Pachamama
A few days ago my beloved and I had the opportunity to visit Amantani, the highest island within Lake Titicaca. Atop Amantani are twin mountains with ceremonial sanctuaries built for Pachamama and Pachatata. The locals told us each new year
Enter the Selva
We are dripping down into the amazon, trickling like little waters to their source…although…. although! This is not our home. We feel this intimately in this beautiful place. A place 1/7 of the earth’s surface area containing 50% of the
A Potato Called Compass
Our search for a compass started in Huaraz, Peru as we were preparing to do the Santa Cruz trek, a ~5 day hike through the Cordillera Blanca in the center of the country. We didn’t end up getting a compass
rainbow bridge to the heart
being travelling homesteaders is not always the easiest of tasks. after all, inherent in home steading is taking a stand in a place, calling a place home, making home… nevertheless, as travelling homesteaders, we do our best to make home