Forthcoming is a five-ish-part series on “How to grow food” with other humans. Each essay will cover a story of one way I’ve seen humans organize ourselves to nudge ecosystems into providing human food. Continue reading...
Sun Wanes Upon the Field
The final gifts of the growing season are ripening on the farm, a short walk away from the house. Andrew calls over to us from the peppers. It’s time to harvest! We drop the bikes and join him to pick some of the last fruits of the season together, delighting in the rainbow of lunchbox peppers, eggplant, and zucchini. Continue reading...
A Mother’s Intuition
Leaving Hawaii felt inevitable yet tortuous. There was so much to be grateful for in our day-to-day life and while I gave my heart trying to make it all work there, I felt isolated and I felt weary.
The Stories We Tell
Here we are again: at a crossroads, two paths spinning away into incomparably different lives. I’m stuck with the idea that more consequential than the physical path we choose, are the stories we choose to tell about the landmarks we pass along the way.
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A Portrait of the Gardener as a Young Man
I have been haunted for over a decade by that timeless coming-of-age question, “What is a right livelihood?”
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Morning Harvests, Mountain Apples & Monarchs
"Mama! Look how heavy and big these zinnias are! I don’t believe that we were all the way around the world and they were getting this big!" Continue reading...
An Ode to Grass, Kukui & Pigeon Pea
On our two-year anniversary on the land I followed Juneberry around the yard…
To Kill a Rooster
Two years ago today, we moved into our home on Hawai’i Island. “We’ll give it two years, ok? See how it goes?” I had said. Continue reading...
Return
Last week we returned to Hawaii as a family of four. We spent the last few months in Berkeley, California, where we traveled for the birth of our second daughter, Alia.
On Maintenance
"Humans hate maintenance." Continue reading...
