Morning, Bedlam. Have we left yet?

Maria getting firewood for the Studio Barn

  October 22, 2009 – The town pastor, Rob Rose and his wife Sarah and their four children came by to say hello. They said people were wondering two things: had we left yet, and are the animals gone. Maria and I were heading off on our bikes, and we said no, the farm hasn’t sold yet, and all the animals but four dogs and two cats are gone.
  I forget sometimes that people wonder about the farm and its fate. I was at the supermarket yesterday and I heard someone in the checkout line say, “I hear he’s moving away and selling the farm but keeping the dogs. That’s the rumor.” I guess I knew who she was talking about.
   I’m pretty easy about it. The farm will sell when it’s ready, and I am in no rush. Might be tomorrow, or next year, and either is okay by me. Mornings like this make me want to never leave, but I know it’s really too big a place for Maria and I and we don’t need four barns and three pastures. Animals ought to be on the farm, it’s what it was built for, meant for.
  We are going to have dinner with  the Rose family next week, and I look forward to that. I’m mulling positive thinking these days, and will write about it later tonight.