Well Rooted Radio

Notes on what has appeared, departed, and gone missing this June - and a small tribute to the world's Very Goodest Dog, our beloved Panzer (2013-2026 - an eternity of rest, peace, and play to you, sweet bear.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

Setting the table for the birds - and for spring. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

“Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.” - Zen Kōan. “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and—snap!—the job's a game!” - Mary Poppins Friends, it was a sh*tty weekend. [It was a great, beautiful, tiring weekend…with lots of literal poop in it.] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with o...

Baby there ain’t no shortcuts on your way Baby there ain’t no highways in these parts You know baby gonna have to drive yourself down every little windy road If you really wanna get to where you’re going - Heather Maloney, No Shortcuts I’ve been taking the scenic route back from yoga and meditation lately. Those of you who have an idea where I live might be thinking, “ wait…isn’t is all scenic rou...

Well, friends - this was the week - the one where spring SPRINGS assertively, launching you straight into let’s-do-all-the-things season, winter inertia suddenly forgotten completely as all the things that awaited nicer weather got done a-waiting. One small salvation for me: a weekend of yoga classes and bread deliveries and various farm errands meant several hours in the car, sitting (a small lux...

I should probably get this out of the way first since I know Lamb Watch 2026 is of much interest: we still have just four increasingly-uncomfortable ewes, their sides wiggling like jelly as they laboriously trot uphill. I sincerely hope, for their sakes (and for the sake of spring cuteness) that the youngsters emerge soon . Other signs of our progressing Appalachian spring this week: * The Pink Mo...

March is a fickle friend... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

The cheerful yellows of spring. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

At some point last year, I fell into an all-too-easy habit of letting my phone join in morning walks with Junior Pup. It started innocently enough, helpfully even. Experience enhancing. The Merlin app to identify bird calls; Seek for unknown plants; the camera to snap quick photos. But slowly, inevitably, the Distraction Creep began. Answering a quick text. Drafting an e-mail. Why not make a class...

Notes on a city trip for the country mice, eager anticipation of the thaw, and a simple, sunny mocktail recipe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

On loving ourselves, as-is. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

Finding ways to dig in and manage the heavy weather. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

Being aggressively happy in the coldest, darkest times - and a cookie recipe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

The winds, political and literal, of winter - and a blown-down chicken coop. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

The new USDA food pyramid, my love of legumes, and an adzuki curry recipe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the first episode of a new feature for Well Rooted Radio! In “Well Rooted Readings”, I’ll be digging up a collection of public-domain nature and garden writing and reading it aloud. You can expect to find fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, held together by the simple thread that I find it beautiful. It is a great delight to read these texts, both in their similarities to, and differences...

Greeting 2026 with open arms. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

Trusting our intuition, and a 50-minute yin practice This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

About this time every year, as late fall slides into early winter, I look down at my plate and notice that it’s starting to take on a distinctively beige hue. Morning smoothies give way to oats; roasted potatoes and mushrooms elbow aside plates full of cucumbers and herbs. The canvas isn’t entirely monotone: vivid reds and oranges of roasted beets and winter squashes frequently add a little warmth...

“ We have to physically swing the pendulum because there’s a tech cadre in the world that says you could fire all of them [...] all you need is my creativity and my machine.” - Antonia Allison This week begins a new feature on the Well Rooted Being blog. Over the last few months, interspersed with yoga videos, guided meditations, recipes, and sunrise photos, I’ve found that it brings me particular...

Well friends - I know we technically have 21 days until Solstice, and in the pasture out front the grass is still green…but as far as I’m concerned, winter is here. Friday I woke to a cover of ice on the stock tanks despite my husband’s Thanksgiving Day efforts to install heaters - we’re running them longer now, crisis averted - and the dogs were happy to curtail their walkies in favor of lots of...

A recipe for an almost-Turkish pasta This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

A short pre-Thanksgiving check-in This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

Raising my voice. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe

Pure, undiluted comfort food for cold nights. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wellrootedbeing.substack.com/subscribe