Author: Birch Wind
Mom of five kids aged 16-36. Journeying though life, and looking for the way home. Trying to remember that the map is hidden in all I see, even in the face of the grief that has settled upon me since my daughter passed away in 2016. Currently picking through scattered pieces.
liquidnight: Alfred Eisenstaedt Pilgrim State Hospital, 1936 [From the LIFE magazine Photo Archive]
liquidnight: Margaret Bourke-White “Emaciated male prisoners, victims of Nazi genocide, staring through a barbed wire fence at their liberators after American forces overran the Buchenwald concentration camp.” Buchenwald, Germany, April 13, 1945 [From the LIFE magazine Photo Archive]
First Frost
Unless I missed it, today is the first frost in the Fraser Valley. If we are going to make quince wine, we better get on it I guess. I woke up with a cold. Might not turn into much, but considering both little ones are sick yet again (these are the two that up until … Continue reading First Frost
Autumn
Just a little autumn post. My favourite time of year, though watching the garden deteriorate makes me sad. The mullein and comfrey are still huge of course, I’ve got to get some picked, as well as a very large amount of lemon balm. I’ve been very lazy with the garden lately,after all our walking during … Continue reading Autumn
In the Wind 