seasonal tending
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Turning Inward, Don’t Leave Out the Light!
We are now on the dark side of Winter Nights—the dawn of the cooling season, marked on 10/31-11/1. We light candles to symbolize warmth and light. Some of us get the woodstove warming the house for the first time since last winter. I’m conservative of firewood, so I wait until the downstairs gets a chill… Continue reading
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From Control to Comfort: Creating a Home That Breathes
We can have our home, our micro-world completely clean, orderly and organized into perfect cubes, complete with labels. We can manage our days by the hour, assign chores, prepare meals in advance, and snag every dust bunny out of the air before it lands. If this sounds like you, then I am here to encourage… Continue reading
balance, cleanliness, emotional ecology, environmental psychology, healing home, health, Hearth Mysticism, Holistic Homemaking, mental-health, mindfulness, order, relaxation, relaxation response, residential organizing, seasonal rhythms, seasonal tending, self-compassion, stress, stress response, trust
