A Night of Flowers
We collaborated with Emily of Beauty Grows Wild to have a night of flower arranging and meal inspired by summer's extravagance. Emily...
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- Dec 30, 2020
- 4 min
The Simple & Hard, over The Complicated & Easy
“This mountain wasn’t created gently.”
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min
In-the-moment process of conflict from Jonathan Hillis
It's so strange how one off-putting, offensive, unprepared, and strange experience can have enough weight to disrupt your whole day.
- Sep 18, 2020
- 5 min
Bridging the Gaps Within Yourself
Your body functions in sync with the senses—what your heart feels, in unison with your mind giving understanding while your soul guides you.
- Sep 12, 2020
- 5 min
The Importance of Holding Tension and How to Hold More…
As people with heart, mind, soul and body, we have four different approaches to help build our ability to hold tension to increase our grit.
- Aug 23, 2020
- 4 min
Bridging the Gaps in Disagreement
With division and disagreement running rampant in our world, how do we bridge the gaps?
- Aug 9, 2020
- 3 min
What can happen with others when we choose to Bridge The Gaps
It requires a lot to honor the sense within us to bridge the gaps we know are needed. We need great capacity to hold the tension of being on
- Jul 28, 2020
- 2 min
Bridge The Gaps
Our choices determine whether we forge a bridge for divides to be crossed or we participate in continued disconnection.
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
Spark of Hope
In the midst of a season that can be filled with beauty and pain, a spark can ignite possibility, courage, and hope. Hope in humanity,...
- Sep 2, 2019
- 3 min
Etty Hillesum - Sorrow, Grief, and Felling it
If you have given sorrow the space it demands, then you may truly say: life is beautiful and so rich... it makes you want to believe in God.
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
Middleford Coffee: The Cost of the Cup
Recently, our Middleford Coffee team has spent time reading up on the chemical properties of coffee. This includes all of the components...
- Jun 14, 2019
- 7 min
On Grief and Ida
As you may know, I have a somewhat odd propensity to talk about grief. It's not an easy topic and I wouldn't say I take a weird pleasure...
- Jun 7, 2019
- 2 min
Middleford Coffee: Featuring New Coffees
As you may know, we love getting to work with new coffees and rotate our featured roasters. So far we've worked with Griffin Creek...
- Mar 3, 2019
- 2 min
Middleford Coffee: The Cups We Hold
By: Jessica Dwyer (Barista at Middleford Coffee) From handmade to Target, from plastic to paper, from sipping through a straw to only...
- Jan 23, 2019
- 2 min
Middleford Coffee: Stories of Comradery
While serving coffee this last weekend we paused for a moment to listen as two of our guests talked and shared their experiences of their...
- Jan 16, 2019
- 4 min
Middleford Coffee: Balance
You dose out your espresso and try to disperse it evenly in the portafilter, forming a level shot of ground coffee before tamping and...
- Jan 14, 2019
- 2 min
Middleford Coffee: Winter Workshop Cupping
Nearly seven years ago I (Jonathan) worked for two different local cafes in Southern Oregon and had some incredibly privileged coffee...
- Jan 9, 2019
- 1 min
Estate: Christmas Time Market
Time is one of the most under appreciated and most valuable resources we have. This Christmas Season we were excited to start a...
- Dec 28, 2018
- 1 min
Kenneth Studio: Wheel & Wine Workshop
We had a wonderful evening with all the ladies who joined us. We filled the studio with laughter, stories and memories as we sipped...