Author Archives: Laura Grace Weldon

About Laura Grace Weldon

Laura Grace Weldon is the author of two poetry collections --- Blackbird (Grayson Books, 2019) and Tending (Aldrich Press, 2013), as well as Free Range Learning, a handbook of natural learning (Hohm Press, 2010). She lives on Bit of Earth Farm where she's a barely useful farm wench. Although she has deadlines to meet she often wanders from the computer to preach hope, snort with laughter, cook subversively, ponder life’s deeper meaning, talk to chickens and cows, sing to bees, hide in books, walk dogs, concoct tinctures, watch foreign films, and make messy art. Blog: lauragraceweldon.com/blog-2/ FB: facebook.com/FreeRangeLearningCommunity FB: facebook.com/SubversiveCooking FB: facebook.com/laura.euphoria Twitter: @earnestdrollery

Kindness In Trying Times

Posted on April 3, 2020

I have never felt more a member of my community than now, when none of us can get together. Last week I posted a question on our community Facebook page. I have a diagnosis that puts me in a risk … Continue reading →

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Slushy Day To Play

Posted on January 7, 2020

Who wouldn’t want to stomp on iced-over puddles, feel that delicious crackle as you splash through to mud underneath? Who wouldn’t want to pick up pieces of glass-like ice, feel them fall to smaller pieces in your hands, see if … Continue reading →

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Two-Ingredient GF Vegan Buckwheat Bread

Posted on October 14, 2019

Poetry led me back to bread. I was in Youngstown last weekend for the amazing Lit Youngstown Festival. Being a hermit-y sort, I’ve never been to a literary festival before but went because an awesome thing happened. An excerpt from … Continue reading →

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Mow Less, Save Nature

Posted on October 2, 2019

One year our school had an exchange student from Turkey. He was gifted in athletics and darkly handsome. As a blond klutz this meant I had nothing in common with him. But we ended up as science class lab partners, … Continue reading →

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Glorious Summer

Posted on August 27, 2019

I am an ungainly peasant, bent over, yanking out roots of life’s green impulse. Even as the weeds go limp they send out the freshest breath. I apologize to them for my human-centric approach. I may be impressed by morning … Continue reading →

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All About Perspective

Posted on August 2, 2019

Two years ago we had a 30′ x 72′ high tunnel built, with a wooden kickboard and heavy chicken wire where the sides roll up to keep it secure. My husband planted 54 grapevines in a range of carefully selected … Continue reading →

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Livestock Bedding As Garden Soil

Posted on July 15, 2019

Every year we noticed seeds sprout, grow, and mature in the piles of bedding and manure from our cow barn. Mostly squash and melon seeds — quite naturally those seeds were available after feeding cattle the leftover squash and melon from our gardens. 

It got me thinking. Continue reading →

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