The Whimsy Farm Podcast

Send us Fan MailWelcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen.  Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon found out, kindred spirit.  Enjoy our free-flowing conversation about honoring the wild with us, personal authenticity, and journeying inward during these winter months.  Laura is the author of seven novels, most recently Playing with (wild)Fire and Three Keys. She’s also written two works of nonfiction. She directs the Nature Writing MFA program at Western Colorado University.  You can find her online at www.laurapritchett.com.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWelcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen.  Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon found out, kindred spirit.  Enjoy our free-flowing conversation about honoring the wild with us, personal authenticity, and journeying inward during these winter months.  Laura is the author of seven novels, most recently Playing with (wild)Fire and Three Keys. She’s also written two works of nonfiction. She directs the Nature Writing MFA program at Western Colorado University.  You can find her online at www.laurapritchett.com.Support the show

Send us Fan MailDecember 21 marks the Capricorn Solstice--the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Poet Maryam Barrie joins me on this extended edition of Poetry Sustains to share Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "Song".  Song tells the story of a young girl, her beloved pet goat, and the cruelty that darkness brings. What happens when darkness meets light? When foolishness meets wisdom? When the heart and the brain work in power together? Join us as we explore "Song" and the light within us at the darkest time of the year. Here's link to the poem: https://poets.org/poem/songSupport the show

Send us Fan MailMy guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying." In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly before his death. Cabe and Tweit collaborated on the term and definition of "terraphilia", a concept that guides Tweit's work today. You can find Susan at susanjtweit.substack.comSupport the show

Send us Fan MailMy guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying." In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly before his death. Cabe and Tweit collaborated on the term and definition of "terraphilia", a concept that guides Tweit's work today. You can find Susan at susanjtweit.substack.comSupport the show

Send us Fan MailI speak with Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Our Planet. Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He is the author of several books including Born on Third Base, The Wealth Hoarders, and, with Bill Gates, Sr., Wealth and Our Commonwealth. He also wrote a novel of speculative fiction entitled Altar to an Erupting Sun. Chuck Collins lives in Vermont. Support the show

Send us Fan MailI speak with Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Our Planet. Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He is the author of several books including Born on Third Base, The Wealth Hoarders, and, with Bill Gates, Sr., Wealth and Our Commonwealth. He also wrote a novel of speculative fiction entitled Altar to an Erupting Sun. Chuck Collins lives in Vermont. Support the show

Send us Fan MailMark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyken, they tour northern California and southern Oregon each fall to raise funds and awareness of the Dineh people and The Beauty Way.For more information about Clan Dyken's activism on the Navajo Reservation: https://www.clandyken.com/category/beauty-way/Shelly Muniz's book "When The Creator Moves Me: A Story about Music, and Creative Activism" is available from your favorite independent book seller.Support the show

Send us Fan MailMark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyken, they tour northern California and southern Oregon each fall to raise funds and awareness of the Dineh people and The Beauty Way.For more information about Clan Dyken's activism on the Navajo Reservation: https://www.clandyken.com/category/beauty-way/Shelly Muniz's book "When The Creator Moves Me: A Story about Music, and Creative Activism" is available from your favorite independent book seller.Support the show

Send us Fan MailChristabeth Ingold can be found online at www.soulfullynourishing.com.Her resume: B.S. in Art Therapy, Lesley University, 2006Certified Buddho-Ennersense Advanced Reiki Practitioner, Christine Radice of Boston Reiki, 2010Certified Holistic Health Coach, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, 2011Certified Life Coach, Coby Kozlowski of Souluna Life Coach Certification, 2012(formally) Licensed Chakradance Facilitator, Chakradance, 2014Certified Hawaiian Shamanic Bodywork Practitioner (Lomilomi), Wayne Kealohi Powell, Harry Uhane Jim & Sila Jim, Bethany Boulger, 2015-on goingLicensed Massage Therapy & Polarity Therapy Program, Spa Tech Institute, 2018Certified Akashic Records Reader, Liz Varney, 2018Narrative Astrology Training, Grace Harrington Murdoch of Flowers and Stars, 2021From Race-ing Consciousness To Raising Consciousness (Psychoeducational Process Group on Race & Racism), Professor Tarell Kyles, 2021 (with on going self inquiry, discussion, learning, and unlearning of myself as a white woman, my own privilege, and intersections)Energy Medicine Training, Catheryn Schoenfarber of Spirit Wellness Institute, 2023Touch For End Of Life Care Training, Catheryn Schoenfarber of Spirit Wellness Institute, 2024Village Deathcare Citizen Training, Anne-Marie Keppel of Stardust Meadow, will be complete November 2024!I would also like to honor my teacher, Asha D. Ramakrishna. She has brought ceremony and practicing being in right relationship more deeply into my life.Maryam Barrie is a regular contributor to The Whimsy Farm Podcast. She is a retired professor of poetry, a prolific poet, and an expert on poetry. She sits on the selection committee for The Midwest Review.Support the show