November 9, 2015
WELL! The past few days have been invigorating. I had a road trip to Athens, GA. On the way up, I kept seeing all of these ramshackle barns and farmland and the thought was "I want it NOW!" I know that I have to wait until the situation is right, but the city-slicker in me wants immediate satisfaction. Anyway, the rains came and washed out my tournament before it even began. So, it was back home to Jacksonville, the day after I left.
Yesterday, for a spur-of-the-moment excursion, my beloved and I excurded to Mount Dora, Florida. Mount Dora is a favorite spot in the state for antiquing or flea-marketing, or crafting, or whatever else you want to call it. We're kind of oddities there... we don't actually go there to buy anything, but to get all kinds of ideas. For example, I love to do woodwork, and am looking forward to re-establishing my workshop in my new home in Ohio when we get there. There are a few MAJOR pieces of furniture that I've been promising LouAnn and Kourtney. LouAnn is going to be the proud recipient of a large butcher block table and a china cabinet. Kourtney is gonna get her canopy bed. Also, there are going to be other projects that come along. So... we go through all of the antique shops (there is a phenomenal indoor flea market that we love to visit, and Renninger's is a wonderland for me) and I look at all of the old woodwork. I see how I am going to use old-tyme design in my craft projects for my family.
Today, LouAnn was the proud recipient of a badge of honor. She has officially been rejected by a member of today's society, and she proudly wears the badge. Here's the story. In our desire to return to making less of a mark in our daily lives upon nature, LouAnn took some reusable grocery bags to Wal-Mart. While in the produce section, she pulled out a cucumber and put it into the cart. She took out some multicolored peppers and put them in the cart. A lady looked at my darling wife and asked, "Aren't you going to put them into bags?" LouAnn responded, "No." The lady asked why, and when LouAnn explained that our cloth bags were an attempt to be more environmentally conscious, the lady just looked at her strangely and said, "You're WEIRD!" Yippee for my weird wife! I should craft her a scarlet W for all of her grocery bags!
Today is the start of a week-long series of webinars sponsored by Beyond Off Grid. Some of the information is very interesting. Some of the information is FANTASTIC! Some of the information is kinda lame, in my opinion. But... it's all information, and at this point, I'm willing to take on ALL information. Speaking of information... I know LouAnn has some homesteading groups with which she is associated on Facebook, etc. If ANY of you folks look upon this blog and can take pity on a future complete homesteading neophyte, I'll be more than happy to accept guidance and tutelage. So... if you've got it, BRING IT! I'll take all the help I can get.
Yours in our return to nature,
Lee
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