Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream
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Meanderer
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It just makes me sad......
I totally understand, as we set and have the discussions of how in the heck are we gonna keep this place going as we get older.
I know you are doing what is best for you but I can't help but feel the heartache of leaving it all behind.
Touches a bit too close to home for me...I wish you all the best in your new adventure.......I know you'll do well....:sorrow:
I totally understand, as we set and have the discussions of how in the heck are we gonna keep this place going as we get older.
I know you are doing what is best for you but I can't help but feel the heartache of leaving it all behind.
Touches a bit too close to home for me...I wish you all the best in your new adventure.......I know you'll do well....:sorrow:
Well, I may have noted this before
But
I’m only content for so long, no matter where, and it’s time for new adventure
I had thought this place to be my last, but five seasons is more than plenty
One gets stale
Sure, visiting my son and his fam here will be fun
But that’s really just a side benefit
(I’m not that noble….sounded good tho)
I’m more than ready to move on
It gets a bit complex, as I’m no townie
But I need to steel myself for a bit
…and write
Who knows, maybe another place out on the edge is in the future
Or
A place on the coast
Or
Just a place in my mind
Don’t rightly know
But that’s how adventures are
(nice pics, Meanie…love ya, ol’ man)
That's fairly cheap Gary. Ten years ago I was paying $175/cord in NH.
good'n, yessir
It’s still relatively cheap here, too
Hungry kid
I could get it in the round for $100/cord, but that lad was not all that dependable
Not that he didn’t try, but his rig needed a newer one, badly
Always broke down somewhere
Heh, it looked like he broke it in with an axe
Pretty hilarious guy
Lotsa stories
Ones worth listening to…whether true or not
Always arrived with a different woman, all Native Americans
Pretty rough around the edges
Oh, and his phone…whoa….I think he actually did break it in with an axe
Could not believe it still worked, or how he could see anything on it
We’re getting settled in to our new digs…..on the grid
Whoa
One gets a bit gritty being off grid for as long as we were
Simple things…like a shower…everday…..with the hand held…ohhhhh yeaaaahhhhh
No more tending the gennys for lights, for power tools…for keeping batteries topped up
No more hauling water
Just turn the tap…hot or cold
A pleasant surprise was the water quality here in K Falls…its good!
No more hauling wood
We ARE walking
Gotta do that
I’ll be hitting the weights
Just free weights right now
What’s also nice is not having to stock up
The stores here keep it all for us…when we want it
Still making trips in our moving adventure
Ever time we pull up, my little buddy comes running
I do miss that little guy
And apparently, he misses me…or the peanuts
Yeah, settling in
Nice
Really nice
Whoa
One gets a bit gritty being off grid for as long as we were
Simple things…like a shower…everday…..with the hand held…ohhhhh yeaaaahhhhh
No more tending the gennys for lights, for power tools…for keeping batteries topped up
No more hauling water
Just turn the tap…hot or cold
A pleasant surprise was the water quality here in K Falls…its good!
No more hauling wood
We ARE walking
Gotta do that
I’ll be hitting the weights
Just free weights right now
What’s also nice is not having to stock up
The stores here keep it all for us…when we want it
Still making trips in our moving adventure
Ever time we pull up, my little buddy comes running
I do miss that little guy
And apparently, he misses me…or the peanuts
Yeah, settling in
Nice
Really nice
Now you are freed up to do all that writing.....I'll be waiting for a best seller.....
Heh, a bit of writer's block right now
go figure
it'll come....but can't press it...it's ugly
Meanderer
Senior Member
Cold water Flats: City version
You and your little buddy both have some adjusting to do! Give it time! Happy for you and your Lady!
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Meanderer
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treeguy64
Hari Om, y'all!
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Dang, Gary, Janet and I were looking forward to visiting you in your off-grid, verdant paradise. Well, I guess we'll see y'all in the city, next year. Enjoy your new digs, brother man.
I was looking forward to that too
Once you get up here, we can venture up the hill to the cabin, but....it surely won't be the same
However, we now live a half block away from a very well appointed little vegan eatery
Took another trip to the cabin to get most of the rest of my tools from the shop
(lawdy, I’ve got a BUNCH of stuff)
Guess who greeted us?
My little buddy truly missed us
He saw me from afar
Just as soon as I crossed the porch, there he was
I’m confident it’s not just the peanuts, as he got up on his little hind legs and made eye contact. even though I hadn't grabbed a handful of peanuts yet
Of course I fed him
(lawdy, I’ve got a BUNCH of stuff)
Guess who greeted us?
My little buddy truly missed us
He saw me from afar
Just as soon as I crossed the porch, there he was
I’m confident it’s not just the peanuts, as he got up on his little hind legs and made eye contact. even though I hadn't grabbed a handful of peanuts yet
Of course I fed him
Later, I gave him another snack
His little hands are so gentle, I can barely feel them as he steadies hisself when biting into the peanut shell
When we were leaving, as I locked the gate, I looked back
There he was on the porch…looking
I think he waved
I truly miss my little buddy
His little hands are so gentle, I can barely feel them as he steadies hisself when biting into the peanut shell
When we were leaving, as I locked the gate, I looked back
There he was on the porch…looking
I think he waved
I truly miss my little buddy
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Ronni
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Oh man!! Like @RadishRose I'm welling up! 
treeguy64
Hari Om, y'all!
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Yeah, I'm getting a bit choked up, myself, right before I go aloft.
Ronni
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In my younger days, I did freelance editing/proofreading as one of many jobs I managed from home to keep food on the table. Still do some now and again to help out friends. I'm sure you have a wealth of resources for it, but if you get in a bind, I'm only ever an email away. The back-and-forth of a manuscript and the editing of same is so easy now compared to back in the day with reams of paper to transport, read, and red-pen!
Seriously @Gary O', I am more than happy to help if you need it.