In this season of gratitude, we focus on giving thanks. At Casa Quirk we say thanks to the bees, thanks to the hens, and thanks to Pachamama 🌀, Mother Nature 🌿, for all her gifts this year!
This year we are also thinking and talking more about the Honorable Harvest, a powerful passage in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass. The principals and practices of the Honorable Harvest require constant awareness of the reciprocal relationship between all living things. Conscious consumption, accountably, and gratitude.
This Indigenous wisdom is how we ensure the natural world continues to exist for generations to come.
Casa Quirk is located on the traditional and ancestral land of the Peoria, Potawatomi, Miami, Sioux, Ho-Chunk, Kaskaskia, and Kickapoo peoples. This area holds great historical, spiritual, and personal significance for its original stewards. The last original peoples who lived in DuPage were forcibly moved west in 1833 and were never allotted the land, payment, or survival supplies that they were promised. We acknowledge their connection to this land as past, current, and future caretakers and give thanks for the opportunity to live, work, and learn in their traditional homeland.
Thank you to all who have supported our efforts to run a small business this year. We are looking forward to 2023!
Casa Quirk 