First day. Loneliness
as I drive to the farm, but
as I drive to the farm, but
peace as i retire.
I am writing this as i go to bed, belly full of soup and freshly baked bread, excited for the summer. The crickets and frogs are singing outside the screened window. I can't wait to hear the birds chirping in the morning.
This place is beautiful and calm. I'm taking in a little at a time - today, getting settled in my cabin-style room, organizing the interns' kitchen, and playing with the dogs. Tomorrow, I'll explore the property - wander down by the pond, roam the tilled fields imagining what soon will be, search for the fruit trees. And then I'll explore the area a bit by taking a hike by the river and later going to a community movie night at the old theater in town. The interns are wonderful. I can tell there is so much to learn about and from them. They will be fine people to work beside.
In addition to growing beautiful vegetables, we've got building projects this summer! A mobile chicken coop, a rack for drying tomatoes in the sun, and a hoop house. There was talk around the kitchen table tonight of fermenting, and canning, and mushrooms, and cheese-making, and baking bread... so much we can and will do. This is it. This is my soul lifting. This is my character strengthening. This is my self expanding. This is my love spilling out upon the world.
This place is beautiful and calm. I'm taking in a little at a time - today, getting settled in my cabin-style room, organizing the interns' kitchen, and playing with the dogs. Tomorrow, I'll explore the property - wander down by the pond, roam the tilled fields imagining what soon will be, search for the fruit trees. And then I'll explore the area a bit by taking a hike by the river and later going to a community movie night at the old theater in town. The interns are wonderful. I can tell there is so much to learn about and from them. They will be fine people to work beside.
In addition to growing beautiful vegetables, we've got building projects this summer! A mobile chicken coop, a rack for drying tomatoes in the sun, and a hoop house. There was talk around the kitchen table tonight of fermenting, and canning, and mushrooms, and cheese-making, and baking bread... so much we can and will do. This is it. This is my soul lifting. This is my character strengthening. This is my self expanding. This is my love spilling out upon the world.
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