We have spent the day continuing our efforts to process the last of the garden (because some things taste better after the freeze and the freeze came very late this year) and button up the homestead for the winter. It’s a lot of work, but it’s extra this year because we are also having to make updates to the chicken coop.
Still, I have also been working on something extra special on the side–a poetry collection in honor of the Winter Solstice. The collection is an idea I have had for three years. I love reading poetry in the winter. It’s my hygge and healing, and I had the idea that it would be the most beautiful to have a collection that was nothing but Farmer-ish poetry–all focused on nature, farming, the cycles of nature and our connections to it all. I am so proud to say that we have some fantastic poetry in this book.
In this collection, we have a poem from the Poet Laureate of Maine, who is also a homesteader, from the Poet Laureate of Waffle House because she is truly awesome, from many award-winning poets, and from some poets who will be published in this collection for the first time. The poems are all just little treats. They will make you think, make you smile, make you remember your connection to the seasons and how winter can be so beautiful.
I know times are so hard all over. Not everyone is going to have $20 to spend on a book of poems, but if you can, please support this project. I don’t think you will be disappointed. It is a labor of love from the idea in my mind, to my brilliant friend who is co-editing with me, to my talented friend who created the art for the cover, to my dear husband who spent the day processing carrots with me and is the kitchen right now finishing up a poem.
Here is a link to the pre-order from our Farmer-ish Etsy shop. The collection will ship out the first week of December, arriving in plenty of time for the Winter Solstice. Thank you for reading. Thank you for following. Please share if you can.
