A Frog Family Lives in our Basement

03/02/24 • 18 min

A Fiber Life | ordinary moments on the fiber farm

This season, we've set out to capture and celebrate ordinary moments in our lives on the farm. Because even the little things like the basics and the mundane are important. They can be lessons on how to live well and, in their simplicity or maybe because of it, they can form significant touchstones in our lives. In this episode, I’m going to tell you all about our little frog family. And Greg and I are going to talk about our bonds with them. We are going to marvel at how much such a little thing means to us, and why it matters. And we will laugh about what might actually be a ridiculous but wonderful form of love. Find some respite with me. Settle in, take a breath. Join me in the peaceful reverence. If you want to be reminded about the magic of life or how it feels to deeply cherish something, or even if you want to find more out about this unique form of love, this episode is for you.

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Season 3: Ordinary Moments On The Fiber Farm

It turns out that we humans are terrible at estimating the value of the present. There is a study I just read by Harvard researchers. They found that as time goes on, we regret how easily we let moments go. So, maybe the question, “What’s next?” doesn’t need to be answered by moving or with a new big adventure or project. What if we decided to stop underestimating the value of the present in our own lives and started figuring out how to capture and learn from those ordinary moments that one day the study says we will likely long for? For this third season of A Fiber Life we’ve decided to forage our lives for ordinary moments and create an auditory scrapbook of sorts. We are by no means experts in this endeavor. It’s going to take trying some new things, changing some old habits, and navigating more than a few obstacles, I’m certain of that. But, in the end, I think it is a worthy thing to work on. If this resonates with you, I hope you join us in our exploration and find some peace and respite by listening to the sounds and stories about our little fiber farm on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Important Links: A Fiber Life Website: www.afiberlife.comThe Study Lisa References: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614542274Connect with Lisa on social media: https://www.instagram.com/afiberlife/

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When a couple discovers their third thing?

Every couple needs a "we" or a third thing—a focal point that exists not solely within one individual but rather something shared between them. Something cherished mutually, binding them together. There is an article by American poet Donald Hall, that left a lasting impression on me. The article is called “The Third Thing.” In it, Hall and his wife Jane Kenyon, also a poet, moved to a rustic farm in Vermont with a pond. The pond magnetized them and created a unit of belonging. It, and the poetry they wrote there, became their third thing. He described how, rather than staring into each other’s eyes, their gazes met and entwined as they looked at the water. Since reading that article, I have always held the idea that the third thing for a couple is essential. It is not an adornment, it is not icing on the cake, it is a central form of companionship. A practice of double attention. The third thing doesn’t have to be anything extraordinary, but it does need to be there. When a couple discovers their third thing, it's akin to finding a shared vision that will fortify their bond and endure over time.Important links:Article “The Third Thing” by Donald Hall Website: afiberlife.comInstagram: instagram.com/afiberlifeProduction Company: brightsighted.comWant to purchase an ad? Email us at: [email protected]