In this solo episode, I reflect on this past year and look forward at what's ahead through the lens of the seasons. I muse on my experience of the second full year on our farm and how we have expanded, moved through challenges and triumphs throughout the growing season. I also talk about my upcoming winter plans and what I’m generally looking forward to during the darker months. Also…I’m pregnant! Surprise!

Tune in to hear more from me on:

• Hyperlocal and bioregional involvement with the farm stand
• How and why I’ve been refining friendships and connections this year
• Dialing down the people pleasing and rooting into my own values
• Houses as living entities and the sign about my pregnancy
• How winter is the season of gathering and how it impacts community building
• Picking up writing again and considering self publishing after multiple rejections of a book idea
• My passion for women’s circles and gearing up to share my Circle Craft training again this winter

Resources + Links

• Subscribe to my newsletter, How We Come Back on Substack
• My essay The Summer I Got Stung A Lot
• My essay about the loss of our pregnant cow The First Big Loss
• My book, Root and Ritual: Timeless Ways to Connect to Land, Lineage, Community, and the Self
• Connect with me on Instagram @beccapiastrelli

Timestamps

[03:19] How Farm Life is Going

[14:18] An Update on Community-Building

[24:25] What I’m Looking Forward to this Winter