Guests of SHF
Dear Claire, We knew you were special the moment we saw you. You weren’t just after our eggs! You came into our pen to see US! How did we know? Because you didn’t want to leave even though we are starting to molt and all four of us squeak out a total average of one […]
I had a friend who had her face resurfaced. If this doesn’t make you wince, imagine someone sandblasting your face and then saying what looks like a crime scene will translate into youth and beauty in…weeks? Months? Let’s be truthful (but I hope she isn’t reading this): Never? I’ll leave it with the fact that […]
When I wrote “small kindness” as a title I thought, Hmmm, that’s not exactly it. Small is so…small. Can something be small and massive at the same time? The acorn comes to mind. And so does the package we, at Spirit Hill, got in the mail. It was…small. And in it was a small card […]
Once upon a time there was a family that came to Spirit Hill Farm. There was a mother and a father and a daughter and a son and a grandmother and a grandfather. This family loved food and hot tubs and beauty and each other. This family radiated kindness and intelligence and curiosity. The younger […]
Sometimes guests text me to ask what kind of apples are in the orchard (too many to list here!) or to ask where to go for Sunday scones and espresso (Wildflour!). Sometimes they text to tell me they are leaving so I can run over and take group photos in front of the house or […]
“This place is like a second home to us,” a guest said to me recently as he and his family were getting to leave after another weekend at Spirit Hill. I asked him what he liked best about the place, and he told me it was how it made him feel. “It’s so Zen here,” […]
The best thing happened last weekend: we had a teenage guest who loved to bake and she got to make the most of the kitchen here. And then something topped even that: she brought me a bag that had not one or two cookies, but more! I opened the bag and ate one and was […]
Everything was set. I even hired an extra gardener to come and rake the walkways. We’d come through the fire scare, and I wanted to thank the universe by celebrating Spirit Hill, giving it a big thank you shine. We had guests arriving Friday afternoon to celebrate a major birthday, and so I paid special […]
We so appreciate when our guests post reviews about Spirit Hill Farm! Here is one from a recent family who came to stay with us – “Our family of 8 thoroughly enjoyed staying here. Didn’t really want or need to leave to go out during our stay. Many outdoor spaces (Pool, hot tub, fire pit, […]
Every Thursday I send Carolyn and Melissa my weekly report. I list what I did here at Spirit Hill, tell about things that happened, brag about the vegetables I planted and am now eating. Stuff like that. I keep a notebook and every night before bed I write in it all I did that day […]