Sisters of the Valley

04/13/2026

https://potportal.net/those-w**d-nuns-from-one-battle-after-another-were-real/

Deep in the Central Valley of California, there is a farm run by the Sisters of the Valley. They’re an extremely unique bunch, with the goal of protecting the sovereignty of women in a spiritual, very cannabis-friendly way. They grow their own w**d and use it as a sacred medicine. The organization...

04/13/2026

Monday morning in Mettieville . . .

04/13/2026

Meanwhile, in Mettieville . . . In case you don't know where Mettieville is, it's a village on the farm where the Metties live. They got their name from being metaphors of the sisters. Think, WWII 'Betties' (if you are old enough).

04/13/2026

A Reading from the Book of the Beguines . . . . It's kind of a long reading, so I added an image gallery of recent farm pics.

04/11/2026

We planned to burn what we call our ancient fire, which is all the tree trimmings and natural trash saved all year around in a special pile far from the house. And just as we were about to begin, it rained — so we had to postpone that, but we got a rainbow!

04/10/2026

From the Mettie archives.

04/10/2026

You can find the artist and more of her work at zelgasimonemiller.com. She is bringing her paints to our farm later in the year to spend some time with us and work from here. Visit her site. She has other find paintings.

04/09/2026

Meanwhile, in Mettieville . . .