Soil and Sage Collective

04/24/2026

I’ve been quiet here for a couple of weeks, tending to some big life things—family, health, and uncertainty.

This season has been reminding me that rest is not stepping away from life, but a way of staying with it. Of listening and gathering strength.

If you’ve been carrying a lot lately, this is your reminder to slow down and turn inward.

Softness is strength.
Rest is medicine. 🌿

04/08/2026

The last couple of weeks have been hard on so many levels. Heavy, messy, and a little overwhelming.

Through it all, I keep coming back to this — fresh air, rocks in my hands, feathers, flowers, quiet moments outside.

Nature has a way of holding what we can’t. Of softening the edges and reminding us we’re allowed to slow down and just be. ❤️

03/31/2026

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03/21/2026

It’s a beautiful spring day here in La Junta. 🌞🌷

As we step into the growing season, I want to introduce you to one of my sheroes, Dr. Vandana Shiva. ✨

A physicist, ecofeminist, and environmental activist, she has spent her life protecting seeds, advocating for small farmers, and honoring the deep connection between women, the earth, and our food systems.

She is a seed keeper—someone who understands that seeds are not just agriculture…they are life, culture, and future.

Her work and perspectives aren’t without controversy, but her voice has sparked important conversations about seeds, sovereignty, and who controls our food systems.

What are you planting this season?

03/21/2026

Tonight was magical. ✨ Thank you to the amazing women who showed up and made space for creativity & connection. Women gathering changes things, and this was just the beginning. 🌿

03/20/2026

Today is the spring equinox - a moment when light and dark stand equal, and the earth begins to exhale.🌞🌙

It feels like the right time to set down what we’ve been carrying and remember who we are beneath it all.

We spend so much of our lives living inside our titles. But we were someone before we earned them — and that person is still there, unchanged, unhurried, and worth knowing.

For me, she’s a girl who loves nature. A gardener. A reader. A rock collector. An animal lover.

Who are you beneath the titles you carry?

P.S. - If you’re joining us tonight for the Muumuus, Mocktails, & Vision Boards, I can’t wait to see you! 💕

Illustrations by:
crystalloverstribe
Soil and Sage Collective
juliastration

03/19/2026

Last call! ✨

Muumuus, Mocktails & Vision Boards is this Friday and we have a few seats left!

If you’ve been thinking about coming, this is your sign.

No pressure. No expectations.
Just a laid back night with mocktails, magazines, and good people.

📍 Klein Makerspace – La Junta
🕠 5:30–7:30 PM
💲 $25

Registration closes at midnight.

Link is in the comments 💛

03/18/2026

There’s something magic about this time of year. ✨

The days are getting longer. The light is shifting. And whether we realize it or not, something in us is shifting too. 🌿

So many people I’ve talked to lately are in a season of transition. Not fully who they were, and not sure who they’re becoming.

And this space can feel lonely…until we gather. 🤍

This Friday is about that.

No pressure. No expectations.
Just a table, some creativity, and a room full of people showing up as they are.

✨ Muumuus, Mocktails & Vision Boards ✨
📅 Friday | 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Klein Makerspace – La Junta
💲 $25

Let’s get together, flip through pages, and see where it takes us. 📖

Registration closes on Thursday at midnight.

Link is in the comments.⬇️

03/17/2026

Look what you can make with scissors, glue, and magazines. 👀

You don’t need to be artistic.
You don’t need a plan.

Let’s sit together, flip through pages, and see where it takes us. 📖

Muumus, Mocktails & Vision Boards

📅 Friday | ⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Klein Makerspace – La Junta
💲 $25 (supplies + mocktails included)

Registration closes Thursday. Link is in the comments. ⬇️

03/16/2026

Imagine a place where you don’t have to have it all together.

Where performing and perfecting aren’t required.

Where you don’t have to show up as the professional version of yourself. Or the responsible one. Or the one who holds everything together.

Just…you.

That’s the spirit behind Muumus, Mocktails & Vision Boards this Friday.

It’s an evening to set down the masks we wear, slow down, and reconnect with what matters to us outside of work, responsibilities, and the roles we fill for other people.

You can:

✨ Create a vision board
✨ Make collage art
✨ Write magazine poetry
✨ Or simply sit, flip through magazines, and let your mind wander

No pressure.
No expectations.
Just creativity, conversation, and a little space to breathe.

📅 Friday
⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Klein Makerspace – La Junta
💲 $25 (supplies + mocktails included)

Registration closes Thursday.

👉 Register today!

A relaxed, creative night for reflecting on the year behind us and setting intentions for the year ahead. Expect collage-making, meaningful conversation, and a warm, welcoming space to imagine what’s next. No artistic experience needed — just curiosity and an open heart. Muumuu’s welcome. Paja...

03/16/2026

My camera roll looks a bit different these days. 📸

Not that long ago, it was full of screenshots of emails I needed to respond to, calendar reminders, to-do lists, and meeting notes. Things I was afraid I might forget.

All of it was proof that I was busy. Proof that I was needed. Proof that I was holding a thousand things together.

Now when I scroll through my photos, I see something else.

Chickens, cats, dogs, and a full moon hanging over the prairie. Fresh eggs. Heart rocks, plants, and little pieces of art I made with my own hands.

My camera roll has quietly become a record of what I notice instead of what I manage, and I think this is part of midlife.

It’s an unraveling.

Not a breakdown, but a loosening of the strings I used to hold myself together. The roles. The expectations. The constant proving and performing.

Underneath it all, there was a quieter life waiting. One where the evidence of my day isn’t how productive I am, but what I notice. What I create. What makes me pause long enough to take a picture.

These days my phone isn’t full of reminders about what I owe the world. It’s full of reminders about what it feels like to be ALIVE in it.

Untethered.
Free.
And open to what’s next - as long as it aligns with my soul. 💕