Every morning, Maria and Chloe do some teaching and learning together. This is yet another of the ways in which we talk to animals and they talk with us. This morning, my weekly writing class at Pompanuck Farm, then a two-week hiatus. The class will reconvene in June, it is the most rewarding and stimulating teaching experience I have yet had.

Today, some friends come to visit the farm, and tonight, Japanese food with the Gulleys at a new restaurant in Vermont. Tomorrow, our friend Eve Marko, a Zen teacher, is coming to help guide us through a five-hour meditation at Pompanuck, we are much looking forward to it. In between, treks to the dump with garbage and some lawn mowing, walks in the woods, blogging and, hopefully, reading.

Tuesday, we head to a motel in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire for a couple of days by the water. We need to recharge a bit, this is one of those years that never stop coming. Time to start focusing on our June 25-16 Open House, we’re calling it a celebration of the art of rural life. Great artists showing their work, a farrier, a shearer, a dairy farmer, poets and writers.

We are excited about it, a return to its roots. Details here.