Category: Love Notes Newsletter (page 6)

The impatient idealist says: ‘Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.’ But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace. Chinua…

And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? Sojourner Truth Happy Spring Family! We tucked the…

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? bell hooks Greetings…

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will…

Covered in soil and sweat from an autumn morning of shared labor, we circled up to offer thanks before the midday meal. Eustacio Quino, Soul Fire bilingual immersion alum and local vegetable farmer, read us the prayer he had written,…

“I think humans struggle with the meaning of knowledge, often believing themselves to be its sole owners. Might we  connect to another way of knowing, in which understanding is derived from watching how life nurtures living?” ~ Tiokasin Ghosthorse Strawberry…

“The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness.” ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer Beloved Community, As we harvest the final fruits of the land, prepare the beds for winter, and wrap up our last on-farm programs,…

“Decolonization is releasing ourselves from all harmful behaviors towards ourselves and the planet learned from the European occupation of our lands. It means being in companionship with nature so we grow our food and we let the land rest. It…

Woch nan dlo pa konnen mizè woch nan soley. The rock in water does not understand the suffering of the rock in the sun. ~ Haitian Proverb Beloved Community, Our hearts are full after completing our Soul FIRE (Farming in…

“In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” – Booker T. Washington Greetings Sunbeams, Summer is full on! Between growing and distributing…