Soup Archives - rooting the sun

spring vegetables in carrot broth with popped quinoa

April 25, 2016 By Danielle 4 Comments

lately and often our moments are meditations on the unfurling of season. copious amounts of sunlight peer through our tiny windows, but embrace us the second we step outside. the world is alive, the days are longer, and there is electricity humming just beneath the surface of all things. dinner is oftentimes late, but the dusk is a celebration of approach and destination. our perspective is renewed, casting off the last heavy coat of an enigmatic winter. again and suddenly we are reminded by the moon that gravity is what we all have in common. and right now our gravity is spring.

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upland cress soup with baby turnip greens

March 28, 2016 By Danielle 10 Comments

as i write we are under winter storm warning (once more). this side of a midwestern spring is mayhem, but as well it is a lauded diversion from the intensity of planning and measuring. it’s within the unassumed moments that we thrive. we catch our breath, we lose it again. we muse on deep chasms of change and meditate on the small subtleties.

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spinach and lentils in garlic ginger broth

February 23, 2016 By Danielle 12 Comments

the longer the days start to become, the more light my brain is allowed to siphon into its infinite jest. intentionally i’m staring at the calendar with poise and alert, as if now of all times do the days have a deeper anchor and weight. some dates circled, some squared, some sugar coated, others raw. plans have meaning, meandering has purpose, and dusk has resurfaced in my life as my favorite time of day. i feel taller, longer, fuller, and always open to possibility. the criteria for smiling is a short list, blink and you miss it. we are gaining momentum, the trees are sneakily budding, and the sky is openly burgeoning into more sky. what we squeeze from the soul is pumped from the heart.

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on winter and soup: red chard wild rice soup with paprika parsley cracker-bread

January 16, 2016 By Danielle 14 Comments

it is a fool’s (my) attempt to circumvent the looming and catastrophic weekend temperatures that will never delay nor dissipate such realities. often i shrug myself into the space between acceptance and negligence and call it la la land (a real location) – a kind of elated delirium where harshness is suspended but so is progress. what does all this mean? it’s cold as hell and there’s no escape.

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broccoli dill white bean soup

December 12, 2015 By Danielle 10 Comments

a little kiss of holiday chaos and the promise of new snow in the forecast – these are the dear dreams surrounding this weekend. december undoubtedly carries the greatest weight of the year – home to an array of celebratory holidays, as well the finality of an entire year’s worth of months. not necessarily a burdensome weight, but a heavy gravity nonetheless. it’s here in december that we sign the waiver for the new year – ablaze with enlightenment for the prospect of new and limitless. to recollect, to gather, and to begin again.

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