Little seed revolution

12/04/2026

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Women's Creative Retreat May 28-31st where Spain & Portugal Meet

Enjoy a long weekend dedicated to creative play in this stunning natural park setting surrounded by olive groves, sheep grazing, and fields blanketed by wildflowers. We'll take walks, explore local villages, savor different flavors with fantastic food and wine, and take the time to observe and reflect the natural beauty all around us through activities like cyanotype print making, sculpting with air dry clay, and wild journaling. For more details leave a comment below.

27/03/2026

New writing on the arrival of spring, the practice of devotion to this place, and moments that remind me why I choose to stay.

Then spring returns—gentle, warm, dressed in yellow and smelling of mimosa and broom.

15/03/2026

For those of you who have been drawn here by my story of midlife, migration, rural living, and all the things that brought me from Portland to Portugal during perimenopause, I have started publishing personal essays about my journey. You can read and follow along here. And, please share any articles that you think others will see themselves reflected in. Thank you.

A Midlife Migration Story

24/11/2025

Want something to look forward to in the New Year? March 13-22nd I'll be hosting another women's gathering featuring the food, wine, culture, and nature of this unique slice of Iberia along the border between Spain and Portugal.
We'll visit local wineries, tour vineyards and olive groves, meet winemakers focused on low intervention, sustainably made wines, and enjoy contemporary takes on traditional foods from this region.
In addition to wine and food experiences we'll visit area villages and cities, tour local markets to scour for fresh produce and interesting antiques, go for hikes, explore old hilltop fortresses and castles, and create the kind of magic we do whenever women gather.
Want more details? Click on the link below to see a proposed itinerary and other important information:

Join me for a 10 day celebration of the food, wine, culture, and nature that make the interior of Portugal and Spain so uniquely wonderful.

11/03/2025

It’s been raining heavily for three weeks here in Portugal. The farm is flooded. The septic tank is overwhelmed. Last night as I tried to make dinner hail pelted down through the open chimney onto my stovetop dousing the flames. The wind erupts in violent bursts that shake the windows and whip aro...