There are weeks where it feels like I'm torn into two. I have a million ideas and projects I want to be helping out with on the farm: barns to be cleaned and painted, new ideas on how to streamline the seed sorting process, work to be done cleaning up the forest and fence lines, [...]
Author: Danni Niles
I am passionately curious about how an earth-centered spirituality and lifestyle can bring peace and wisdom to my life. Esoteric Moment is the online, sacred grove where I can share the wisdom found in Druidry, Pagan Books, and Permaculture with others who share this passion. When I'm not online I am raising three small children and working for a state conservation organization.
Book Review: Druid Mysteries by Philip Carr-Gomm
I wanted to do a video on one of my first introductions to Druidry, the book Druid Mysteries by Philip Carr-Gomm. First, the author has one of the most approachable and rich voices out there for Druidry. This book balances the details (history, wheel of year, visualization) that all beginner Pagan books go through with [...]
Book Review: Wild Seed by Octavia Bulter
The Patternist Series or Seed to Harvest is one of the most enthralling series I've read recently. In this video I discuss the issues of control and abuse in the first novel, Wild Seed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2JZDLXFMIE
Sunset on the Farm in November
Just a quick little peak of one of the hills on our family farm. It's so beautiful there and the way light changes from day to night always makes me feel so grateful for the peaceful moments in my life! This twilight in particular made me think of one of my favorite authors John O'Donohue. [...]
Book Review: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
This was a fabulous read that really delves deep into the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of a whole family who has an individual with a physical limitation. It's one of the most honest and heartfelt YA novels I've read this year. It mostly follows the narration of a 5th grade boy, August, who has an [...]
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