Thunderhead Farms

05/27/2025

And that’s a wrap—3rd grade is in the bag! This is the first year Ronan felt bittersweet about a school year coming to an end. He’s excited for summer but sad that he won’t see some friends@ til next school year, and also, “this is my last year in the single-digits!” 😢

It has been quite the school year, lots of trials, tribulations, hard work, ups and many downs, but he’s come out stronger, wiser, and more full of faith than ever. Love my courageous, joyful, funny, generous boy. 🥹

02/17/2025

A lovely day visiting with Ronan today. Couldn’t have asked for better weather—or better company!

07/11/2024

Back to the basics: keeping bees and rendering wax for the first time in years. with

02/01/2024

**Cherish your work friendships**

I recently learned that a dear friend and former manager passed away suddenly while on a business trip in Costa Rica, away from her loving husband and three boys. She was only 6 months younger than me. Since learning of this news, I’ve been reeling in grief for her, her family, and all who knew and loved her.

I worked with Shawnita Hamill Sterett several years ago at Autodesk and heard the tragic news of her passing through our network of colleagues very quickly. She was a candle—more like a fire—that burned fiercely, an unforgettable soul who left an indelible impression on everyone she met.

She was the best manager I’ve had in my entire career: encouraging, driven, SMART, pushing me and her teams just beyond our limits towards excellence. She was an inspiration, driving me to want to be a better person, to live more, love more, be more, do more.

When Ronan was born 2 months early, Shawnita immediately reached out to me while I was in the hospital, even though we hadn’t worked together in years. She shared her experience in the NICU with her youngest son, how hard it was, and how she wanted to show up to support me, even across the miles. I was, and remain, so moved and inspired by her spontaneous yet timely empathy and kindness toward me and my family.

Last weekend, I took Ronan (now 8 1/2) skiing for the first time despite how tired I was, how icy the roads were up in the Santa Fe mountains, and how inconvenient it was. Instead of focusing on the negative and all the reasons I shouldn’t take him up the mountain for his very first ski lesson, I thought of Shawnita, and how she regularly cut all negativity away and conjured the energy to make beautiful, powerful things happen.

That weekend ended up being one of the best weekends Ronan and I have spent together, one for the books. Shawnita—still inspiring me.

Thank you for the inspiration, love, and light, Shawnita. You will be missed, but your light will continue to shine on in all those you’ve touched across the world. ✨

02/01/2024

10/29/2023

One of the saddest days. I was a fair-weather “Friends” fan, but I fell in love with Matthew Perry after listening to him read his autobiography over the summer. Given struggles with addiction in my own family, this news breaks my heart. 😢

10/22/2023

Vermont 2023 .gruol

10/12/2023

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad, NM

10/12/2023

Big weekend for us: inaugural pumpkin patch harvest at our farm (what the squash bugs didn’t devour), followed by an overnight road trip to Carlsbad Caverns, NM (and Roswell, home of the Roswell Incident)

07/04/2023

Happy 4th everyone!! 💥🎇🎆