Work vs Play
There’s nothing like talking to a farmer to get a first-hand picture of work lived in harmony with life’s pleasures.
Since earlier this Spring, Dom Polumbo of Moon on the Pond Farm, has been instructing me on the finer points of raising chickens… like how to get them to come in at night!
Dom proudly toured me around his farm a few days ago.
Turkeys and chickens, eggplant and heirloom tomatoes, barns and tools, all a part of one interconnected web.
His love of this life was obvious as he effervessed on how the most nutritious weeds in his fields just happened to be the tastiest to his animals.
Of course that was our entrè into the subject of pleasure. A farmer doesn’t have time off.
And since there’s very little cash to show for the work, life on the farm must bring its pleasures in small doses throughout the day.
Dom finds moments of happiness walking out to a distant field to bring in his pigs or snapping yellowing leaves from the base of a pepper plant.
It’s the practice of seeing each day for the moment-to-moment delights available to us,
living in these bodies on this Earth, that's inspired my summer as well.
A gaggle of teen-age chickens cluck me awake each morning.
The seasonal cycles of iris, poppy, lily and zinnia grace my view from the breezy screened porch/office where I've had the joy to write and counsel my private clients.
It's been a great summer.
I've been at my desk working each morning, creating the book, Your Erotic Life, that just won't stop writing itself.
My days have never been this focused on my creative joy, so immersed in work and wonder, purpose and flow!
But now that fall is here, the real practice begins.
So here's a tip I'll be using to keep the pleasure a part of every day.
Look for little surprises at odd time during the work day.
Wake up your sense pleasure by noticing contrast: bright against dark, soft or rough, crunchy and smooth.
Allow yourself to be seduced by the pleasure that's here all along, living in the body!
Since earlier this Spring, Dom Polumbo of Moon on the Pond Farm, has been instructing me on the finer points of raising chickens… like how to get them to come in at night!
Dom proudly toured me around his farm a few days ago.
Turkeys and chickens, eggplant and heirloom tomatoes, barns and tools, all a part of one interconnected web.
His love of this life was obvious as he effervessed on how the most nutritious weeds in his fields just happened to be the tastiest to his animals.
Of course that was our entrè into the subject of pleasure. A farmer doesn’t have time off.
And since there’s very little cash to show for the work, life on the farm must bring its pleasures in small doses throughout the day.
Dom finds moments of happiness walking out to a distant field to bring in his pigs or snapping yellowing leaves from the base of a pepper plant.
It’s the practice of seeing each day for the moment-to-moment delights available to us,
living in these bodies on this Earth, that's inspired my summer as well.
A gaggle of teen-age chickens cluck me awake each morning.
The seasonal cycles of iris, poppy, lily and zinnia grace my view from the breezy screened porch/office where I've had the joy to write and counsel my private clients.
It's been a great summer.
I've been at my desk working each morning, creating the book, Your Erotic Life, that just won't stop writing itself.
My days have never been this focused on my creative joy, so immersed in work and wonder, purpose and flow!
But now that fall is here, the real practice begins.
So here's a tip I'll be using to keep the pleasure a part of every day.
Look for little surprises at odd time during the work day.
Wake up your sense pleasure by noticing contrast: bright against dark, soft or rough, crunchy and smooth.
Allow yourself to be seduced by the pleasure that's here all along, living in the body!
