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ok, so a very quick post to share my gratitude for Spring beginning to arrive in earnest, and being on the land with fellow plant people! Today we were finally blessed with some real warmth and sunshine, after a few really cold and dismal rainy days. "маргарити" - new to me- these sweet little daisies are blooming so early! I'm so grateful to have landed back in a more familiar and beloved kind of place for me- the small homestead of the Ukrainian village... just as the magno

Well, last night I was finally resting after a long road all day from Krakow to Lviv --two trains, and a long wait outside in the cold at customs- not all that bad in the grand scheme of things, but still, it's amazing how travel (and damp cold) can wear you out. But the night before, I only slept a wink, so I'm still recovering. Thanks to meeting some very fine folk at the Waking of Spring ritual/ parade, I spent my last night in Krakow dancing into the wee hours! First in t

I've been on the road for 3 weeks already-- flew to Finland, ferried to Estonia, trained it to Latvia, bussed it to Lithuania, and endured a long train ride all the way down to Krakow... and landed in the midst of an incredible community activation "Budziene Wiosny" (Waking Spring) parading through the centre of the Old Town, and being swept up in the literal whirlwind of the inspiring Zywa Pracownia group. Now, a day of recovery, as the grey cold weather keeps me indoors,