embracing the chaos

Happy June my friends!

Although today we have some hazy skies, red sun rises, moderate air quality and rain it seems like every Saturday, the birds outside this morning in Westport as I’m baking are singing their bloody hearts out.

It’s really quite beautiful when you can sit back, listen and embrace the cacophony of calls.

It’s a good reminder for me to chill and just embrace the chaos.

We are not in control as much as we like to think we are. Allowing the chaos of the moment to flow over us is a coping mechanism that then frees us up to focus on and appreciate what’s truly important and take actions towards those ends.

Sanity, Survival and Singing

What’s important for the birds right now: courting, mating, building nests, finding food.

What’s important for us humans: love, food, and shelter as well. Plus basic survival in a post-truth and climate-disrupted world.

Between last night at dusk and this morning, I’ve heard the Northern Cardinals, Vireos, Grackles, American Redstart, Carolina Wrens, Red Sparrows and House Finches, and I’m taking all of it in as a message from my caroling feathered friends: “to keep calm and sing along.”

Speaking of singing, I plan to be belting out more than a few Louis Prima tunes with my cousins as we are heading way down south to the Jersey for a long weekend.

It’s time for another big family party on the beach, where the above photo was taken.

In year’s past, we’ve had larger congregations at the farm, but the last year switching it up at the beach was pretty spectacular – so we’re headed there again.

Plus with the the store at Trigo, a few Airbnbs, a farm and a farmer-owned cooperative project that has received over 40 responses – we’ve been keeping quite busy.

Saranac Lake Farmers Market

So we won’t be at the farmers market this Saturday, June 7th – but we’ll be back for June 14th.

I also have fresh breads ready today at Trigo, (a day earlier than my usual Thursday), so we can get ready for our trip down to the shore.