I've often used this website to write observances about nature but in recent years, it's become a journal of sorts. This is one of those posts. More and more I witness people bewildered by the length of the month January. "How is it still January?" they say. "This day has felt like a week." "I…
It is a typical gray November day. The air is bitter and heavy with woodsmoke, the ground having just melted away the last of the heavy frost, and sweaters are now the normal every day wardrobe. In the past few weeks, I have found myself with holiday burnout before the holidays have even truly begun.…
Summer, oh summer. I'm writing this in mid-October. The fact that we are well into autumn is not lost on me, but that memo has been missed by Mother Nature. It took over two weeks of diving head on into October for the weather to finally, finally become autumnal. Cool, crisp, woodsmoke in the air.…
January descended upon the Finger Lakes with heavy snow. One snowstorm followed another, although we truthfully didn't get many. The temperatures remained low, and the snow remained on the ground. Too high for play, we stayed indoors. When I look at the past few months, I find myself at a loss for words. How do…
Continue reading ➞ Wild & Precious Life – End of Winter/Start of Spring 2021
End of summer and beginning of autumn life update can be read here. As so much of this year has been filled with uncertainty and unknowing, with the shadow of worry close at hand, that feeling unsurprisingly poured into our holiday seasons but no holiday greater than Halloween. How would we celebrate Halloween? What would…
How are we here already? Autumn is my favorite season, one I deeply miss when it isn't present and eagerly look forward to the moment I hit my threshold for being constantly sweaty in the depths of summer. I appreciate and love every other season but autumn? That's perfection to me. And yet I am…
I never suspected I would be still at home when my son turned one year old. I always assumed I would hop right back into work, while a smaller, quieter part of me thought, "But wouldn't it be nice if you were able to remain at home?" That little voice got its way. A year…
A study by a UK-based company of first-time moms came up with a slew of details of new moms feeling overwhelmed, suffering from sleep deprivation, struggling to figure out how to handle the day-to-day tasks while also caring for a baby, and over half felt they missed their pre-baby social life. Generally, a good number…
As a child, when money was tight, we had a five foot tall fake Christmas tree. It came in a box that was dented and ripped at the top, and the tree had the scent of old cat pee on it. We would have to take out each branch and the metal pole that made…
I write plenty of reflective pieces on this page but rarely give a life update. I suppose I leave that to those who happen to follow my Instagram, as I pen long captions for each photo I provide. But I feel at the same time there is this lack of personal day-to-day tales missing on…
Moving is unfathomably hard, and I say this having moved plenty in my life. I don't hold the history of a military brat who has been all over the United States or the world, moving multiple times and seeing multiple places. No. I grew up in the same town and lived there for 21 years.…
Pregnancy When we got married, we already knew we wanted a family and one quickly. All forms of protection were tossed to the side and we set forth in our attempt to get pregnant. The thing was, we didn't know if we could. We didn't know how easy it would be. We knew of my…
Erica Rose Eberhart 