Ah, retreat...

(this is a covered garden)

This past week I attended and taught at the Homefire retreat hosted by Radical Homemakers of NM.  The retreat was at a beautiful permaculture community outside of Santa Fe New Mexico, a few hour jaunt from where we live. My husband and I stayed the night at the retreat site, in the guest or "kitchen house" as it's called, a sweet little historical house with a giant community kitchen.

We began our retreat (in front of a historical chapel)  introducing ourselves and discussing what Radical Homemaking is.  It was such a beautiful, thought provoking discussion.

After our intro circle we had our choice of classes, Real Food Kitchen and The Garden in Winter.  I chose gardening. Not an easy choice as the kitchen smelled divine!  I learned so much about winter gardening in the Southwest.  Later there was Herbal Apothecary and my toy making class where we made Leaf Sprite bendy dolls. I enjoyed sharing my passion for toy making. Last of all was a beautiful Waldorf puppet show.

I learned so much this weekend!  To the point where it's all sort of swimming in my head,  a mess of new knowledge, longing, hope & possibility.  One theme that really stood out to me, was not creating our separate little homes in a vacuum but opening ourselves up to community. So, how to put these new thoughts into action? I'm mulling over a few ideas...

Thank you Arina, Kyce, Erin, Brenna and all the participants for making me feel so welcome. 

Until next time...