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Coding Chickens & Trauma-Mitigation

Dear Everyone: I had a lengthy, commiserating missive composed for today. I wrote extensively about the impact of chronic toxic stress,...

The Light Comes...

Dear Everyone: I know it's been a minute, and I know what y'all were thinking: Now why don't she write? (don't know the reference? You're...

A reminder, and an opportunity

Dear Everyone: This edition of Cereal With Hand-Poured Milk (HPM) will be short and pointed. And although there exists the temptation to...

Ducks, Memes, and Hope In Broken Things™

Dear Everyone: I recently participated in a lively podcast where the host and I wandered through a range of ideas around wellness,...

Farm Lessons: Coding Chickens & Micro-Mitigation Moments

Dear Everyone: Farm life carries a unique set of challenges and loves to remind The Husband and I that we, in fact, know almost nothing...

"Who Do I Want To Be?"

Dear Everyone: Stress isn’t a bad thing. In fact, stress - particularly when appropriate, scaffolded supports are in place - is central...

Complexity & Nuance

Flecti Non Frangi: To be bent, but unbroken. This idea is the heart of our work at Lodestar -- how do we realize and acknowledge the...