2012 – Newsletter Week 18 October 17, 2012 - October 18, 2012 PLEASE FILL OUT OUR EVALUATION FORM http://earthdancefarm.net/2012-evaluation-form Quote of the Week: In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors. William Blake Reflection from Norm I am constantly amazed at how the summer season somehow scampers by. I really cannot believe… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 17 October 10, 2012 - October 11, 2012 PLEASE FILL OUT OUR EVALUATION FORM http://earthdancefarm.net/2012-evaluation-form Quote of the Week: Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge Reflection from Steffi How is it the second week of October already? How have the… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 16 October 4, 2012 - October 4, 2012 FALL HARVEST CELEBRATION IS THIS SATURDAY OCTOBER 6TH BEGINNING AT 2. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE. STOP BY WHEN YOU CAN. Quote of the Week: Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Reflection from Katie Autumn Reflections I had an interesting conversation with the harvest moon this… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 15 September 27, 2012 - September 27, 2012 Quote of the Week: “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” -Gabriel Garcia Marquez Reflection from Norm “In a few blinks you can almost see the winter fairies moving in . . . . . But first you… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 14 September 19, 2012 - September 20, 2012 Quote of the Week: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." -Henry David Thoreau Reflection from Norm Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Day 2. Saturday, October 15 I awoke to the sound of laughter, no, hushed laughter, almost giggles. Now that is a great way to… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 13 September 12, 2012 - September 13, 2012 Quote of the Week: "The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love." -William Wordsworth Reflection from Norm I heard a blurb on world news a week or two back and later read a short article in Time magazine about it. A… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 12 September 5, 2012 - September 6, 2012 Quote of the Week: "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." --Thomas Edison Reflection from Norm I hope all of you had a safe and relaxing Labor Day weekend. I traveled with my 20 year old son, Noah, to the farm of my… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 11 August 29, 2012 - August 30, 2012 Quote of the Week: "To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give." -Taisen Deshimaru Reflection from Norm I thought that I would give an overview of the crops in the field at this point and time in the season. It has certainly been on the hot and dry side of… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 9 August 16, 2012 - August 16, 2012 Quote of the Week: "Someone who doesn’t make flowers makes thorns. If you’re not building rooms where wisdom can be openly spoken, you’re building a prison." -Eboo Patel Weekly Reflection from Norm A few things have changed in the 5 decades that I’ve roamed around. I say things like, “When I… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 8 August 8, 2012 - August 9, 2012 Quote of the Week: "As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level." -Paul Wellstone Weekly Reflection from Steffi Where does the food I eat come from? This simple… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 7 August 1, 2012 - August 2, 2012 Quote of the Week: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" -Philo of Alexandria Weekly Reflection A few years back Laurie brought home a goat, Ginger, from Blackshire horse arena in Cannon Falls. Her personality was, at the best of times, bewildering, and at her worst she was… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 6 July 26, 2012 - July 26, 2012 Quote of the Week: "A cultivated mind finds sources of inexhaustible interest in all that surrounds it" - Unitarianism Weekly Reflection The following is an article by Bill Boyne printed in the Rochester Post Bulletin this past winter: “[A] serious defect in the U.S. farm program involves the distribution of federal farm… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 5 July 18, 2012 - July 19, 2012 Quote of the Week: A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. -Franklin Delano Roosevelt Weekly Reflection from Norm PLANT STRESS FROM HEAT AND DROUGHT Last evening the nine of us had just… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 4 July 11, 2012 - July 12, 2012 Quote of the Week: We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill Reflection from Noah Do you know where your food comes from? It’s a legitimate question, and for most people the vast majority of the time I would guess… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 3 July 3, 2012 - July 5, 2012 Quote of the Week: "Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." -Theodore Roosevelt Reflection from Alanna I’ll admit, the first time I rode on the back of the tractor transplanting the first plants for the season, I felt rather like… Read More
2012 – Newsletter Week 2 June 27, 2012 - June 28, 2012 Quote of the Week: “The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you.” Weekly Reflection from Norm TEAM EARTH DANCE I would like to introduce you to the wonderful group of young people that we have the privilege of… Read More
