by Francie Thayer It is with gratitude and excitement that I write to inform you that something new is happening for The Retreat House at Hillsboro. We have prayerfully discerned that it is time for us to leave the property … Continued
By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – June 14, 2023 This spring it seems as if “one thing leads to another” is a way of being for life in the Hollow. With so much in flux we’re living … Continued
By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – April 25, 2023 Easter season on the farm coincides with the stirring of new life. Our newly purchased incubator is holding 20 chicken eggs, the maple trees are filling our … Continued
By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – March 22, 2023 Farming is, in a large part, simply a series of logistical challenges. Much of the daily work of farming is an order-of-operations style of spatial puzzles. There … Continued
By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – February 15, 2023 Walking the hillside trails this winter each day has become a practice in the interplay between love and stature. The hill, which seemed so far away and … Continued
Retreat House Program Collaboration and Partnering, 2023 provides support, companioning, and leadership development for spiritual deepening in parishes, congregations, and Episcopal communities as they grow in their life together. We’d love to talk with you and explore possible collaborations. Operating … Continued
By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – January 3, 2023 Jonathan and I seem to move at two entirely different speeds around the homestead. He will be lost in a project for hours only to emerge with … Continued
By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – October 27, 2022 Fall in the Hollow sits in a place where abundance and scarcity hold each other. The jocund colors of the leaves herald the bareness of stick … Continued
By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – September 14, 2022 There’s a beautiful verse from the hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” that describes Jesus’ blood leaving his body as “sorrow and love flow mingled down.” There … Continued
By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – August 10, 2022 At the beginning of July we were invited to participate in a garden tour for the town of Roxbury and we spent the better part of a … Continued