Cultivating Wonder….
In the spring of 2023 I realized I was doing something wrong.
Had I been pursuing a creative life just to be sitting behind a desk 60 hours a week?
So I did what any rational person would do, quit my job and move to a farm in Norway.
The assumed break for the body turned into a revolution in the mind.
Through an Organization called WWOOF I have spent nearly a year living and working on farms around the western world.
living a lifestyle outside of a corporate bubble gave so much perspective on what life has to offer and the courage to pursue the unconventional.
Excerpts from said adventures chronicled below
Surprise Hill Farm
Hudson Valley, New York
The start of a journey to inspire a new way of living, wisdom from the earth, nourishing community, and beautiful blooms.
Nordre Hestnes Gård
Tromso, Norway
Icelandic horses, midnight sun, fjord fishing, berry foraging, late night saunas, hog wrestling, and reindeer stew. A month of adventures north of the Arctic Circle.
Podere Orto
Lazio, Italy
The Journey continued on to the heart of Italy - A month of harvesting grapes, siestas under olive trees, and falling in love with food all over again, one ingredient at a time.
Old Chapel Farm
Central Wales
A farm stay steeped in history, learning historic building, craft, and farming techniques.
La Vernatts
Valais, Switzerland
Waking up in the alps, chasing cows up and down mountains, milking cows, caring for cows, cleaning up after cows. seeing the first half of cheese making up close and personal.
Anguilla Brook Farm
Stonington, Connecticut
Friends who became family and space that feels like home. New England farming that became a home away from home.
Backbone Winery
Mendocino County, California
Six weeks of Vineyard care, construction techniques, California Cuisine, and learning that the heart is boundless.
La Flute Enchantee
Pyrenees Foothills, France
Ancient grains, 3 am wakeup calls, market days, village dance parties, hiking with the cows, and too much laughter. living the life of a French baker is not for the feint of heart
L'étranger
Calce, France
An August spent harvesting grapes, making wine, chasing dogs, lounging in rivers and falling in love with natural wine. Finding community that felt like family and witnessing life in it’s fleeting beauty.
Sollies Pont Figues
Côte d'Azur, France
Queen Estelle’s kingdom - Fig groves, and market gardens, chicken discos and sandwiches by the Sea