Dreaming of Space... Jan 4

The theme of my stay here is becoming “Shelters” and I love it.  Today, after a lazy waking up and a great chat over hash browns, a friend who I’ll refer to as Impala, met us to take a trip to a junk yard just up the road from Circle Acres.  Next month, Horse & Sparrow are moving into an old school bus that is stationary on a property a few hours from here so that Sparrow can take some intense herbal medicine classes around that area. Using this as inspiration, Impala wanted to look into purchasing either an old school bus or truck box for a similar build-out living situation.  It was fun jumping through dozens of gutted vehicles, dreaming of how the spaces could be lived in and what one would need to do in order to make that happen.  I have limited experience with what its like to live in a converted school bus and always find the idea appealing if done in a wholistic way. However, I would want my pretend school bus’ engine to run somehow and not be stuck in a field.  Personal preference, I suppose.

junk yard beauty

Horse envisioning life in a box

Today is a beautiful day with a bright sun in the sky, warming our faces.  I’m glad to have this blog to write in, although I think blogs are a kind of weird thing in general.  My “alone time” for now is filled with taking note of all the things we are doing while I'm not alone. I don’t think there’s any way that my whole 3 months will be as great as the first 2 days have been, but here’s hoping.

I feel very kindred to, supported by and supportive of Horse & Sparrow.  There are few people I run into who combine Christianity, anarchism, and primitivism into one sentence and even fewer who attempt to live it out. The three of us have all gone through some pretty intense community situations over time, some of which involve how we and others have decided to live out ideals, so its good to sit back and break down why we are on the path we are on, what energizes us to keep going, and what we need to lay down and continue on without.

In that same spirit, last night I had some time to myself and thought I’d come up with some new years resolutions.  I got as far as making the graphic below and then went really blank with any actual resolutions.  I might make some seasonal resolutions that can apply to this journey I’m on.  I have no idea what my life will look like come spring.

no actual resolutions, just categories...

Driving back from the junk yard, we saw another tree house, climbed up the ladder into it, giggled & dreamed, sighed, climbed back down the ladder, got in the car and kept driving.

dreams left on the side of the road