tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062562610096125022024-02-19T15:50:52.204-06:00Tall PlumsTiny homestead working toward sustainability. sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.comBlogger248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-16679479405159143812016-08-12T16:36:00.003-05:002016-08-12T23:24:47.467-05:00Fermentation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I read an article about fermentation by <a href="http://www.wildfermentation.com/" target="_blank">Sandor Katz</a> a while back and couldn't wait to order his book, <a href="http://www.wildfermentation.com/the-art-of-fermentation-is-now-available/cover_artferment/" target="_blank">The Art of Fermentation</a>. It's basically an encyclopedia, huge and extensive, but encouraging. Katz presents fermentation as a natural and historical practice; one that does not have to be complicated or intimidating. This is exactly what I needed to read. My experience with fermentation, up to this point was home brewing beer with my ex, Preston, but it was mostly his thing. I just helped and enjoyed the product. I thought wine would be fun to make (er, should I say 'have and drink'), but the steps involved, the intricate recipes and supply lists were enough to scare me away. </div>
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That was until we moved into a house with fruit trees. There in our yard grows the main ingredient for so many yummy things, and my need to utilize what the earth gives without waste has won me over. My goal for the year was to begin some sorts of fermentation using our fruit supply. While searching the web for plum wine recipes I found one sourced from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/True-Brews-Craft-Fermented-Kombucha/dp/1607743388/" target="_blank">True Brews</a>, by <a href="http://emmaelizabethchristensen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Emma Christensen</a>. I ordered the book for myself and found it to be SO helpful in starting small and overcoming the fear or fermentation failure. </div>
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My first actual ferment was soda! Yep, bubbly, juicy soda carbonated with yeast. I tried all sorts of fruit mixtures and found that stronger, sweeter flavors mask the trace taste of yeast. Blackberry, blackberry plum, strawberry, and ginger were all successes.</div>
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Next up: Kombucha </div>
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A work friend gave me a split of her SCOBY and a cup of starter tea and off I went. It's a quick, two week process of brewing, fermenting, and bottling. I've been tinkering with flavors, my favorite so far being pineapple sage. It's a type of sage that tastes so much like pineapple you'd think the juice was added to the kombucha. </div>
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Third tackle: shrubs! </div>
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It's fruit-flavored drinking vinegar. Potent and syrupy, it flavors whatever you add it to - water, mixed drinks, white wine. I am making mine with our oh-so ample plums and blackberries. The lot behind ours is overrun with blackberries so I prop the ladder up to the fence and pluck away. </div>
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Project #4: Hard Apple Cider</div>
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In my last post I mentioned the mass picking and pressing. I made a batch of dry cider with the fresh, unpasteurized juice. That is currently sitting in jugs for its secondary fermentation (which will last two more weeks.) We did a four gallon batch of hard cider using juice I had pasteurized so we could take our time getting to the project. It's also in its secondary fermentation. We'll taste before bottling to see if it needs extra sugar, but our goal is a drier sparkling cider.</div>
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The Big Show: PLUM WINE!</div>
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This is the baby we've been waiting for since we moved in to our house. We have to very large plum trees and right now we've got plums falling out our ears. After rinsing, halving, pitting and chopping the plums we add them to a bucket of sugar water. For sake of following a recipe (Again, I'm basing most of my homemade drinks on <a href="http://emmaelizabethchristensen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Emma Christensen's</a> recipes in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/True-Brews-Craft-Fermented-Kombucha/dp/1607743388/" target="_blank">True Brews</a>) we sanitized all the fruit. </div>
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Our large batches (a two gallon wine in secondary fermentation and a four gallon in primary fermentation) have been sanitized with Campden tablets to kill wild yeasts before adding a packaged yeast. We also add a yeast nutrient to keep it working, acid blend, pectic enzyme, and tannin. After a week of primary fermentation we were pleasantly surprised at the taste - like wine already!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">For experimentation sake I set aside a small batch of plum wine to let ferment naturally - wild fermentation. I did not sanitize the fruit or add packaged yeast. The yeast from the fruit skin and the air will do the job for me. I've never tried anything like it, so I'm excited to see how it goes. </span></div>
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Fermentation is not a new concept - but its new for me, and now I see it everywhere. It's a cycle of earth and life that I'm learning with both my hands and my heart. It's a process of preparation and patience - learning how to let life work from within.</div>
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As I walk around our home I find so many forms of growth, fermentation, and culturing. It's a beautiful thing to feel everything around in seasonal motion.</div>
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-89112282271462829422016-08-12T14:15:00.004-05:002016-08-12T14:20:02.574-05:00Events of SummerI kept waiting for summer to 'start' and now I'm realizing its halfway over. It's been more gray and rainy than my last three summers here. Aside from not having the usual "sun-is-out-must-be-outside" feeling that comes with Seattle summer, there have been so many great happenings.<br />
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In July I biked STP (Seattle To Portland) with over 10,000 other riders. I did it as a two day trip to enjoy the experience, but definitely found myself flirting with a race-y sort of motivation. Not surprised. My total time was 14.5 hours, including stops/breaks. 205 miles felt great and I'm looking forward to my next ride - <a href="http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/sharaleeridesforMS" target="_blank">Bike for MS</a>. It's a fundraising ride for multiple sclerosis research and I'm part of a team led by a barbershop client of mine. There is a fundraising minimum that I am challenging myself to reach, if you feel moved you can <a href="http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/sharaleeridesforMS" target="_blank">donate here</a> or spread the word!</div>
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Our dear Oklahomies Lauren, Kai, Kavi & Briam were in Seattle for a weekend. It happened to be the same weekend we needed to process our apples for cider, which was nearly miraculous in timing. I left for work as everyone began preparing for the full day of pulverizing and pressing apples. I arrived home to five <i><b>very</b></i> exhausted loves and nearly 8 gallons of fresh apple juice. Given the amount of juice and typical yield I am guessing we had about 117 lbs of apples. What would we have done without them?! Cheers to chosen family who will spend their vacation time laboring on your land with you!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703834498863484816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-42546421618014181912016-04-12T15:16:00.001-05:002016-04-12T15:23:27.784-05:00Spring Awakening The feeling that I've used that title before shouldn't be so nagging, as it seems every spring is a new awakening. Especially now that I hibernate through the wet Pacific Northwestern winters. This winter was the wettest on record, and the discovery of such eased my worries about how crazy I was feeling for those months. January was especially hard, regardless of a week long trip back to Oklahoma (which was delightful.) I survived on wine, Netflix, and sleep. But the sun has been showing its face and my spirits have risen higher than I've felt in a long while.<br />
The trees are in bloom - our two plums and the apple. Our mountain ash and the Japanese maple have both filled out with leaves and our bees are busy at work. I haven't written in so long and I feel the need to summarize our current happenings:<br />
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-<b>Bees</b> have been split into two hives to encourage growth without swarming. I have gotten one sting already because I wore my black cycling tights during a hive move. Oops. The swarm of Carniolan honeybees Rae caught last summer didn't make it through winter. As we don't know their history our best guess is that the queen was old and stopped laying eggs through the winter, diminishing the hive numbers until they could no longer sustain warmth to keep them going. We have given a lot of their left over honey to the new hives and are slowly processing the rest for ourselves (I am especially invested in this part since my allergies are quite acute this time of year.)<br />
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-<b>Cistern</b> is hooked up and collecting rain runoff from the roof. It is piped to the duck pond where we will be able to fill and clean for the ducks. The duck pond is piped to a spigot and pump that Rae will soon be installing in order to use for garden watering. The cistern also has a direct line for watering that bypasses the pond. <b>Rae</b> designed this whole setup and continues to blow my mind with his foresight in developing our property into a small, sustainable homestead. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and I'm typically just falling in behind his lead with the projects and ideas. He is a planner, a doer, an active thinker. I am amazed at his steadiness and drive. If I'm posting a photo of it there's a high chance it was his idea. I need to keep in mind to give him more credit for all he does. Alternately, I have finally been researching some of my own interests and will begin a few projects soon (time and resources allowing.) When partnered with a doer its important to make room for my own things, to remind myself that I am also able and productive. The long winter made me forget about using my two hands, moving with my own feet. It feels nice to be out of the grey soul muck and working toward something with my own power and interest.<br />
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-<b>Ducklings</b> brought home on Saturday! As of today they are six days old. They cheep loudly when we're not in the bathroom with them, unless they are napping. We've given them a little taste of swimming, during which two of them excitedly dove into the water and darted around like fish! Since they don't have feathers yet we only let them swim for a short time under supervision before drying them off and putting them back in their box under the heat lamp. I'll be learning a lot in the next few weeks!<br />
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-<b>Rumi</b> is currently lying in front of the closed bathroom door, wherein the ducklings are nested. She whines at the door and asks to be let in. She sticks here head in the box and wags her tail, licks the ducklings that I hold up for her. She's the momma of the house and constantly has an eye on every creature. Such a tender heart.<br />
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-Kittens <b>Keiro</b> and <b>Augustus</b> wake us each morning climbing on the bedroom furniture, jumping from one body to another and rustling in whatever makes the most noise. They are 10 months old now and seem to be losing some of the kitten fat that made them so round for a while. They are filling out with muscle and every week seem to feel heavier and sturdier. They have this miraculous cat ability to annoy the shit out of you and then melt your heart the moment you're ready to kick them out of the house. Sweet little demons.<br />
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-<b>Gardening/planting</b>: my asparagus is in the ground, along with some artichoke. Our main garden rows will be sitting this year for soil development so I'm trying to be content with my herb garden in the front yard and pollinator planting around the property.<br />
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-Recently started <b>Seattle Tilth's Master Recycler Composter</b> course on the Eastside. I'm traveling a bit East out of the city to educate myself further on the sustainable practices that I've called 'hobby' for so long. I'm loving it so far and enjoy deepening my experience in something so desperately needed today.<br />
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-Randomly, it seems, I chose an online course over <b>Vital Signs</b>. It's some review from college anatomy/physiology with a more in depth look at each process in the body. I'm not sure exactly what I want to use physiological knowledge for but I find it so interesting. I went the BS route in school because I felt a holistic body/mind approach to counseling (and life in general) was something I wanted to invest in, and I'm finding over ten years later that hasn't changed. Not feeling the need to tie everything together just yet but I'm loving it.<br />
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I'm sure I'll think of something I've missed, but that's a good plug for my loves far away. Cheers!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703834498863484816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-74912666047831376402015-11-03T14:34:00.001-06:002015-11-03T14:34:32.880-06:00HomeI write this from the office of the house we just bought. (That makes it sound bigger than it is...its tiny.) But its mine...ours. With a yard for Rumi and the bees and cultivating soil and food and love.<br />
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I didn't see this happening so soon. By that I mean 'so easily.' This is a city ruled by tech industry and money, neither of which we are a part of. But we looked far enough out and with such requirements that I don't think we were part of a multitude. Seattle is low-property, high-accessibility focused. Where we we had been living/renting since our move was an up-and-coming area (close access to Amazon headquarters, lots of new developments, restaurants and bars within walking distance, etc). I enjoyed it - the parks nearby, the neighborhood, the quick commute to work. But I was ready for a change. I knew life would be different and every day I biked to work along the canal trail I soaked up every ease and beauty. My routine, walk to the bank with Rumi, take her to play ball at the Locks, walk to the brewery for beer. Then we moved.<br />
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We moved 15 miles South of our apartment. Not much, in the Midwestern terms I'm still used to. But in Seattle, North to South can feel like an astronomical distance because of the water and traffic congestion. I was ready to feel alone, for the sake of a yard and investment, instead of steadily increasing rent prices. I cycled my way to work that first day, 14 miles. Lots of hills. I biked the high ridge of Seattle and made it on time, sweating like a 14 yr old boy at summer football practice. (Just allow me the drama....)<br />
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And that was it. I was at work, like usual. I biked past some of the same places, but then I biked through all these neighborhoods and districts I had never spent time in. Places I was afraid I might never see again. I have a couple of different routes I can take to work, and all take me right through the heart of the city. I am feeling more connected with this city than I was when I <i>lived</i> in it. I posted an instagram photo stating such of a shot from my bus stop downtown.<br />
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So, here I am. A house, a job I'm comfortably working, pets and a lover/best friend. Now that I know my location, schedule, and commute I can start planning the next page. It probably involves school. I'm not excited about reopening my financial aid for more funds but I'll do it. I'm ready for more. I'm a Helper, and idealist, a huge gushing heart that won't be happy with just my own comfort. There are so many things that need to change. I know my avenue is people. And I know my passions are where they are for a reason. Cheers to the mystical mixture of love, life & work!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703834498863484816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-63941470326100587112015-09-18T13:13:00.002-05:002015-09-18T13:13:29.627-05:00Expectations, and Dropping Them<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"I can't believe this is my life. This is not what I expected" I said to Rae. We were carrying the box of beekeeping equipment through someone's yard toward our car. <br />
He looked worried, but I assured him I LOVE this life. It's just a lot different than what I had imagined as a teenager. (But who knows where the hell they're going at that age, right?!)<br />
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I'm 33. I don't have kids. I don't live near my family. I have a life
apart from everything I knew just a few years ago. As negative as I made that sound, I love it and all its bittersweet notes. <br />
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<i>The bitter parts: </i><br />
As a kid/teen I always imagined I'd become a parent and it sometimes feels bizarre that I got this far without ever joining the club. When I got married at 22 I pushed the possibility further out, year after year. Self preservation took place of social expectation. My maternal/parental/nurturing instinct is alive and well, though. This isn't something I admit often, but there are times I mourn the untapped potential of that little uterus I carry around. I mourn what I thought could be, regardless of my ambivalence about it. Maybe I want kids? No. I don't know. Maybe later. Fostering might be it, after all there are so many people on this earth. I have so many things I want to do, so I keep doing me first. And I look forward with intention to nurture souls that I have not and will not birth. No love goes to waste. <br />
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I miss my family and Oklahoma friends. I miss holidays and birthdays and funerals. I see my nieces and nephews grow through facebook and instagram, all choices I knew I was making when I drove away. I love living here. I love my people there. It's an odd place to be, to feel so split.<br />
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<i>The sweet parts: </i><br />
I'm working a job I enjoy and am trying to figure out my next move. I love my coworkers, my clients, my commute and the flexibility. It's good for now but soon it will change and I will be ready.<br />
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The Pacific Northwest. {Period.} The smell of saltwater in the morning. My bike commute along the canal. The sun in the summer, rain winter. The autumn that lasts for months at a time.<br />
I have my bestloverfriend and our life together. Rumi kisses and Augustus purrs. I have free time to do what I will. I have a home. I have solitude when I want it and friends to lean on.<br />
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I've never had a direct route planned, unlike my perfectly Virgo lover. I
enjoy that about my existence, my ability to roll with it. When I feel
the right wave coming I jump on the board and ride away. For me, <i>not</i>
having a concrete plan is how I find myself in the most delightful
places. Like walking through a green yard under a grey sky after a full day of beekeeping. <br />
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This year has been one of making peace with myself. Forgiving and giving room. I've always been good at ignoring the expectations of others, but I keep
myself bound in my own. Aren't we always our toughest critic, the
biggest reminder of fouls past? I have been re-learning to let myself feel, fully and without judgement or fear. Realization touches ground - you play by a different set of rules. Only you can know them. Only you can make and break them.<br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-54613602519063614912015-08-31T15:31:00.000-05:002015-08-31T15:32:17.601-05:00August<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
August has been brutal on the heart. For me, and for many I have known.<br />
My step-grandmother passed away. I was able to fly back to Oklahoma just days before to say goodbye. I spent two and a half days driving around the city, holding new babies, visiting my grandfather at his assisted living center, doing what I could to help my step-mom prepare, hugging family, and kissing sweet Kay goodbye. When my dad dropped me at the airport I settled at my terminal and sat still longer than I had in days, and I realized how full my heart felt.<br />
Not long after I arrived home from Oklahoma I had to make the decision to let my sweet kitty Frankie go. I've been jumping down rabbit holes to keep him healthy and comfortable for a while now and suddenly everything had come to a head. It was a quick decline and I couldn't watch him hurt any more. He was my baby and it feels so odd to be without him now. I was in such a state of reflection and readiness and then I found the next day my sweet niece Hadley took her first soul step from her body. Before she was two she was diagnosed with Krabbe's disease. She defied the odds and lived until she was 11 years old, touching hearts and inspiring everyone around her. A death as such, being mourned for years, is no less difficult. But there is a rejoicing in her being free. <br />
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After all of this I went to work with Rae at his garden. I needed to be with the earth. As I spent the morning harvesting tomatoes, searching through the tangled stems and leaves in search of fruit, I felt the joy and release of nature. Life, death, the process in between. Everything we need begins with the soil. It was an affirmation of the road sign I keep seeing. Therapy based on earth, soil and plants. I'm still feeling my way around the timing but there is no denying that my purpose is to connect people and earth, and connect people to themselves through the earth. Through loss we find our selves, our love, and what matters.<br />
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With all the life that is changing it felt so fitting that our weather had cooled. With every breath of sweet, rainy Pacific air I sensed a cleansing. These days are new. They are empty of souls I have loved but rich with their memory. With every loss I feel the wisdom of age adding layers to the soles of my feet. Something has changed here for me. I see this city with new eyes and feel more home here than I have in the past two years. As if the experience of loss in a place somehow intertwines your heart with the landscape. Whatever it is, my sorrow and gratefulness have carried me home to myself.<br />
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Rest in peace and power, sweet souls. You are with me.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703834498863484816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-69864646747623138202015-08-05T19:07:00.001-05:002015-08-05T19:07:15.432-05:00Orcas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last month we went to Orcas Island. We went on a whale watching tour in hopes of seeing our local J pod up close. And so we did. For most of the boating time they were pretty far ahead of us, thrilling the other boats and popping up to give amazing shots in front of Mt. Baker.<br />
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Fun story about Onyx - he is an L pod orca but when his mother died he went missing. Typically, orcas stay with their families for life. When Onyx disappeared everyone assumed he was dead. He resurfaced again with the K pod until its matriarch died and now he travels with J pod, who is led by J-2 Granny. Granny was born in 1911 and is the oldest known living orca in the world!! Right in the waters outside my house! So exciting.<br />
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Anyway, we had gotten pretty far North when our captain turned off all but one
motor. We were watching them surface from afar when suddenly these two
popped up about 20 feet from our boat! I haven't been able to go through photos to try and identify them yet.<br />
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The captain turned off the motor immediately and then Mike popped up at the back of the boat, nearly touching it. We could hear them breathing, the most glorious of sounds. Deep, hollow, strong breaths. We didn't even see them coming and I keep imagining what they must have been thinking. Staying underwater until they got right up to us and then giving us a show. I know they are not here for our entertainment but they seemed to be saying hello as they surfaced and looked at us. Boats stay at least 200 yards away for the safety and respect of the whales, but they approached us and made our day. It was one of the most significant experiences I've had since moving NW.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703834498863484816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-22639940573753059192015-07-31T10:51:00.003-05:002015-07-31T10:51:36.927-05:00Morning thoughtsI have a day off today and I'm looking forward to doing whatever I want, all day.<br />
Rumi woke me up to go outside. Frankie wanted me to watch him eat. I'm trying to decide whether to make coffee or walk to a coffee shop and keep my kitchen free of heat. I'll probably bike to Goodwill. And spent some time in my garden.<br />
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Rae was just offered a permanent position at work, which means we'll be staying in Seattle for a while longer. Our escape route has not quite shown itself yet. Portland felt like such a perfect move but Rae needs more experience under the belt before moving and starting a career over. So here we are. Starting to look at houses again. It's a scary thought in this expensive, hard to get around city.<br />
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I had a work meeting last night that gave me a tiny sparkle of motivation. Of course, motivation is not what I seek. I enjoy cutting hair because I get to engage with people all day. I go home with notes of books to read, documentaries to see, people to connect with over this or that. And hair-cutting is a very tangible organizational movement. I like the completeness of finishing a haircut. I can do this for a while. I have plenty of other interests and I'm still looking into horticultural therapy. But for now this will sustain me and allow me the opportunity to expand my interest and social base.<br />
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I am ready for a change. Firstly, changing my activities. I started going to yoga at the park on Wednesdays. And biking always makes me happy. I have my volunteer commitment, cutting hair for homeless youth, but that's only once a month. And I'm feeling the need to branch that out in another direction. I want to be more involved in ecological systems here. My vermicompost bin is one of my newest favorite hobbies this year. Worms are so amazing! Making our scraps into black gold for the garden. Getting off topic now....<br />
A more drastic change than just activities will be a house move. Buying a house means moving from NW Seattle to South. My commute will drastically change but I'm planning on biking it still. That might be just what I need to feel a bit more...engaged. I have daily life space-out issues.<br />
A yard will be a dream. Or at least a garden next to my living quarters, and enough room for a few beehives. A place for Rumi to run and maybe even another dog! I'm excited for what's next. I'm ready.<br />
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I still haven't moved all my photos over to our new computer, or figured out how to link my phone. But here's a few I actually have saved here.<br />
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Happy Friday!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703834498863484816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-63258213669036574932015-06-09T14:22:00.002-05:002015-06-09T14:55:04.338-05:00In the passing timeIt's been nearly a year and a half since I've posted here. In the passing time I've picked up on tumblr, which I thought would be a more creative outlet but I tend to just post photographs. I haven't exercised my "voice" in a while, other than personal journaling. But this morning as I cleaned the house my soul danced between these walls and I felt like submitting here again.<br />
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So, here "we" are. Two years into Seattle life, and oddly enough, still where I was in my last post: "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am an air plant, suspended in a glass globe amongst the Seattle morning fog. It is good, for now." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arvo; line-height: 20px;">We are still looking for our piece of earth. A lot has happened in the mean time but that is still our goal. Portland may be our home, we both feel it. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arvo; line-height: 20px;">For now, I am still working at the barbershop. Rae is teaching gardening at an alternative school on the South end. We live in North Seattle, where we feel grossly out of place, other than our close reach to the Puget Sound. This city is polished, new. Tech industry is blowing everything out of the water and if I weren't biking to work every day I would probably have gone out of my mind by now. My bike has become my main mode of transport as well as enjoyment. </span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arvo; line-height: 20px;">P-patch: my personal garden space at our apartment complex where I find my most cherished alone time. This year I am growing strawberries, carrots, beets, turnips, chocolate cherry tomatoes, basil, overwintered garlic, flowers, and first attempts at Star of David okra and national pickling cucumbers. Hoping to pickle everything this year!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arvo; line-height: 20px;">Beekeeping: I got in here after Rae started in April 2014, beginning <a href="http://cooperativebeecompany.com/" target="_blank">Cooperative Bee Company</a>. I tagged along until he invited me to maintain my own hive this year. Our new hives this year are named after my grandmothers, Bette and Emma. Mine is Emma. We are up to five hives now after a hive split and Rae catching a swarm, both within this past week. I am so proud of Rae in this venture. He has always wanted bees and now he is catching swarms and caring for the ladies that give us food. It's so blissful and humbling. He has already made his <a href="http://cooperativebeecompany.com/products-from-the-hive/salve/" target="_blank">first round of salves </a>from the wax we harvested from last season. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arvo; line-height: 20px;">Home: we moved to a one bedroom apartment. Rae works a lot and I quit my bartending job back in March so I could have more self care time. This apartment has become my space. Bright, quiet, filled with plants and books and food. I invest everything I want out of my own walls into these and I'll carry it when we move on. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arvo; line-height: 20px;">Pets: Rumi and Frankie. Enough said. ;-)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arvo; line-height: 20px;">Relationships: I recently began writing to loves. The winter was hard, and I wrote letters for Christmas gifts because that was all I could manage at the time. It was a release, a comfort, to communicate with family in ways that I don't feel free to do on Facebook. I continued my writing to friends and am working on being more intentional with the relationships that feed me. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arvo;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Of course I have a million more interests and loves but those are the biggest recipients of my energy recently. I am now writing from a different computer so not many of my photographs have been transferred, but I can't leave a blog without one! So, here's what lately has been looking like...</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703834498863484816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-16803606052575429892013-10-30T11:01:00.000-05:002013-10-30T11:01:24.101-05:00October<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's morning here on the west coast. I sit at the desk with my coffee, determined not to get sucked back into bed. Any moment the sun will rise over the buildings and light up this room. I assume it will, anyway, because this morning its clear enough to see Mt. Rainier in the distance.<br />
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First autumn in the NW. And our first winter to come. The weather has cooled now, maintaining a pretty constant 50 degrees. I don't mind, as it comes with falling leaves and scarves.<br />
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I started a<a href="http://sharaflea.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"> tumblr</a> a week or two ago, finding it's image medium to be more to my liking. I haven't blogged in months and always feel a sense of failure after so much silence. So I dive into something new, only to find I have something left for this space. I've been feeling this as a time of fewer words, more feeling. I'm not face-timing, calling or connecting with all my Oklahoma loves as much as I should. I feel I have nothing to say, or at least very little. For now I am simply being. I work 6 days each week, sometimes seven. I probably drink too much beer. I burn my toast/bagel at least once a week because I'm so distractable and shouldn't leave the oven on broil. (I'm eating a burnt bagel now, actually. Ugh.) I'm more of a hermit than I planned on being. <br />
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I am happy to be here, but already dreaming of what's next. We're trying to decide where we want to be, how much we can afford, how far we might have to commute for work. Ready for land and a home and some room to spread, and root. My roots are growing in this Pacific mist but still haven't found my earthing place. I am an air plant, suspended in a glass globe amongst the Seattle morning fog. It is good, for now.<br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-70170195983062179102013-07-30T18:48:00.001-05:002013-10-30T11:04:12.297-05:00So now that we're here...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For months Rae and I said over and over "I can't wait until we're in Washington." For the weather, the landscape, the ideals of a blue state where nothing is outcast. And here we are. It's been two months now. Things have gone quickly, easily for the most part. I found a bartending job and started within a week. Rae started at Whole Foods but quit within a week (keep hold of your values over money, peeps.) I landed a spot at a reputable local barbershop. Rae finally got the social service job he's been preparing for. We found a place to live, transferred our residencies and licenses. We live here. In Washington. Seattle. Whoa.<br />
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We are alone. And not alone. It's a funny feeling. We are processing our places, the size of our feet and length of the streets and height of the curbs. I know very few people here, and those few are acquaintances from the past two months. I miss my family and friends, and the physical closeness to them. Hugs, words, seeing their faces. But I don't miss "home." I am my own home. Cheesy line, I know, and I've said it over and over. For a second I let myself feel guilty about that, but then I realize something that made the most sense I've felt in years.<br />
I've always been here. This has always been my home.<br />
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I have the best family & friends I could ever ask for. They support me, love me, help me when I need it. Their presence in Oklahoma is almost all I need to stay there. But as early as junior high I was dreaming of living elsewhere. I wanted to live in a rainy city, downtown near a coffee shop (before I even appreciated coffee.) I wanted grey skies and ocean before I knew what ocean love felt like. Mountains and water and clouds to cover the sky. Immature, naive child thinking I knew where I wanted to live. But I did. I knew the small details of daily living that would make my soul feel at ease. Though a specific city destination may have changed through the years I always yearned for the Northern grey. Ireland set my heart afire again, and Pacific Northwest became first goal. I met my lover, aimed in the same direction. And we were off. <br />
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So now that we're here...<br />
Every day hasn't been easy. Sometimes when you dream of something for so long that when you finally arrive you forget - it's still life and life isn't always perfect. I am in no way communicating dissatisfaction. On the contrary, I love it. I am amazed by my surroundings and how far I have come every day. I feel like this is where I've been living my soul life for years, and now it's easier to live outwardly. It's easier to let myself fly into the wind and settle in my bed in the evenings. But you know how "they" always say you can't run from yourself?! We all know its true.<br />
Here we are. <br />
We arrive and deal with ourselves.<br />
What's next?<br />
How long do we want to live here?<br />
Do we want to settle very far away?<br />
Is this barbershop what I want? <br />
Do I want to cut hair forever?<br />
What else do I want?<br />
And how can I make those things happen?<br />
And what about kids?<br />
What about off-grid and sustainability?<br />
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How do you get what you want, when what you want is <i>everything</i>?!?!<br />
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That last question is the pinnacle. I want self-reliance. I want independence. I want dirt and land and trees and self-grown everything. But I also want travel. I want to cut badass hair. I want to be a momma. I want to be nature's lover.<br />
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Figuring out your own balance is the greatest thing I think we can ever do. Passion comes naturally. Balance is what you have to work for.<br />
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So, this is what I'm working for.<br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-54881389446041803072013-07-16T12:38:00.004-05:002013-07-16T13:25:59.296-05:00Hello, Washington<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Aim: Washington - Complete!!! We made it to our destination state! </div>
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We crossed over the Columbia
River from Astoria, OR to the state of Washington. While Rae tried to
refrain from hurling on the steering wheel over the bridge I received a call - my home
town of Moore had been destroyed by another tornado.<br />
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{Heart sink.}</div>
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pinnacle moment of passing into the state we have been headed for these
past months was shaken with news of things over which I had no control. Such a
double-edged sword - being where you want but too far away to help in
tragedy. We kept close contact with everyone, and the silver lining was
that my being out of disaster range allowed my phone to get in to those
who couldn't call out. I was able to contact everyone before continuing
deep into the trees of Western Washington. Thankfully,
everyone we know is safe, though some no longer have homes. The ache of not being there to help, hug, and comfort left a lump in my throat for weeks to come. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pulling Scampi into the Olympic National Forest!</td></tr>
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We drove up the West coast headed toward Forks, WA. There, just outside
town and deep in the trees of the Olympic, we met some dear loves -
Megan and Kevin. They welcomed us, Rumi and Scampi to stay for as long
as we wished on their five acres of land. <br />
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Megan and Kevin have been homesteading for a couple years now. They are inhabiting their first home, a pallet house made with mostly recycled materials, while they dig into the earth to build their "hobbit home." They tend their goats, herding and milking and loving. They drink fresh goats milk (the best I've ever tasted, I might add) and feast of eggs from their chickens and elk jerky from the generous neighbor. The ducks waddle around snacking on slugs and quacking happy duck quacks. The rain falls and settles on the leaves, salmon berries begin to grow and blackberry brambles line every path. This place is gorgeous.<br />
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The name "Milktopia" was termed for the land, as the fresh supply of goats milk was a delight for each day. Rae and I are so drawn to this life - self-sustaining, quiet, in harmony with nature and dirt under the nails. It's what we want. It's the dream we want to see through, but for now we have plans in the city. Getting our feet wet with the area, jobs, experience, money saving. This was a hard place to leave behind, but everything in the right time.<br />
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One of our days near Forks we drove out to LaPush. The images speak for themselves. I loved this place.<br />
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On our way out of Forks we spotted a herd of wild elk. They didn't pay us much attention except for a curious look while we stopped the car and fumbled for our cameras. Nature, totally wild and uninhibited. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Olympic Highway passing by Lake Crescent. Be still, my heart.</td></tr>
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And here it is: the whole trip.<br />
April 8 -May 23, 2013<br />
6.5 weeks on the road<br />
3,424 base miles<br />
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Hello, Seattle!</div>
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-38645491106633627052013-07-13T12:45:00.001-05:002013-07-13T12:51:59.406-05:00Oh, Oregon (Part 3)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Portland! We only had three days here, but they are enough to draw us back. I already want to return to visit loves and have a cigar puff and beer at McMenamin's.The weather is perfectly calm and the people are perfectly unique. This city a quilt stitched together with microbrew tap lines.<br />
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Though neither of us are rose enthusiasts we decided to check out the rose garden in Portland. Rumi was pretty excited about seeing it all with us, even smelling the flowers.<br />
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Of course, we had to visit Voodoo Doughnut. Everyone knows its a must do, but what you don't know until you <i>do</i> is that its <b><i>so freaking addicting!!!</i></b> I ate 5 doughnuts the first day. And before we left town on day three I made Rae swing back by so I could wait in line again to have my yeasty sugar fill for the road.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Americano with cream was perfect, and I'm pretty sure made extra special for Rae (who was getting hit on by the barista. He was a hot barista too.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beer flight at McMenamin's Power Station Pub. Outside the pub is a dreamland of hidden bars, smokehouses, veggie gardens and spas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and his dufus.</td></tr>
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We didn't want to miss Cannon Beach, so we left Portland and drove straight West back toward the coast. One of the most gorgeous drives we have ever taken - completely surrounded by the tallest, greenest trees.<br />
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Since we decided to get back to the coast we then would been to cross into Washington state through Astoria. A big bridge, which Rae does not particularly fancy. But we made it over, puke free.<br />
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Here we come Washington State!!!!</div>
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-37793891303324558222013-07-13T12:12:00.001-05:002013-07-13T12:12:47.809-05:00Oh, Oregon (Part 2)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Halfway up the Oregon coast we turn East, to Salem. My lovely cousin and her family live on the outskirts of the Oregon capitol in the most picturesque converted barn home. Tall trees, flowers of all kinds and a vegetable garden in back. <br />
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In addition to a gorgeous home and gardens my cousin also deals in a gorgeous collection of all things vintage with her shop <a href="http://theduskyjewelvintage.blogspot.com/">The Dusky Jewel Vintage.</a> This super adorable building below is her office and workshop. Rae and I were nearly ready to move in, we loved it so!<br />
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<br />I forget how many photographs I've taken until processing. These are just a fraction of the green expanse I captured. Next is Portland...I suppose that will be Oregon Part 3!<br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-88084958214678856302013-07-04T00:24:00.001-05:002013-07-04T00:43:50.062-05:00Oh, Oregon. (Part 1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Oh, Oregon. <br />
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Day 1: Fall in love. My soul is kissed with the ocean spray and
wrapped up in fog. Southwest Oregon is exactly what I imagined, exactly
what I was hoping for. Green, green, gray and blue. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mist-kissed, as is my soul</td></tr>
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We found our first Oregon camping spot outside Gold Beach, along a
gravel bar on the Rogue River. It's a free camp spot where local
fisherman park their RV's and rise early for the catch. We were obvious about not being there for the fishing, but it was lovely.<br />
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Day 2: Continue North and bathe in the mist on Port Orford. We let Rumi run free, chasing us and dodging the tide. We found some cramped but happy shellfish homes, huge boulders covered in community. We got sandy and wet and ate sandwiches in Scampi after our feet had dried. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my loves at Battle Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rae getting caught in the surf trying to get a starfish photo, Rumi running to escape it.</td></tr>
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-4437606362706632682013-06-24T22:44:00.001-05:002013-06-24T22:47:55.920-05:00Northern Cali<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The further North we go the more I fall in love. The clouds lie low on the trees, the air still above the oceans roll. Highway 101 keeps you so near the Pacific you feel you can reach your hand out the window for a cool swim. The air is floral and salt, spice of wild-growing fennel and sweet grass. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could live here....except its still in California and I'm ready for Oregon.</td></tr>
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We camped a night at Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park outside Crescent City, CA. We arrived at dark but awoke to the most glorious sight. They weren't the biggest Redwoods we have seen, but they were still amazing.<br />
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Sadly, I can't even remember what beach this was. I'm guessing its Harris Beach, which is actually on the very Southern edge of Oregon. Next time I'm taking road sign photographs.<br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-8878483232769800962013-06-18T23:21:00.000-05:002013-06-19T00:46:13.885-05:00San Fransisco<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At last post we had just arrived in California - finally the Pacific!!! We camped in Big Sur for a week - this was the most legit vacation I have ever had. We had no place to go, no obligations or time restraints. A week of peace on a Pacific cliff-side.<br />
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It was lovely and remote and relaxing. I miss it already.<br />
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Next - North from Big Sur to San Fransisco! We camped outside the adorable little town of Fairfax, about 30 mins from SanFran across the Golden Gate bridge. We were lucky enough to reserve the campsite for a few days that was typically full for the whole season. We parked Scampi beneath the Redwoods and made our day ventures into the city. Though we had to drive a bit it was totally worth it (as there is absolutely NO place in San Fransisco to park a camper.)<br />
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Day 1: Chinatown, walking, walking, walking and figuring out where/how to park. Luckily I remembered the curbing-tires-on-hill rule from high school drivers ed.<br />
We dined at Delfina, a foodie's paradise of Italian food and wine. It was delicious. <br />
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Day 3: Crissy Field and Fisherman's Wharf for some good ol' tourist trap stuff. But we did have some lovely seafood. Checked out a farmer's market at Golden Gate Park and took the scenic drive through (it's so
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Day 4: Tired, and realizing we had no plans/reservations for our upcoming NCali/Oregon leg, we stayed in Fairfax to plan. We fueled ourselves on sweets and dreams of redwoods.<br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-21343570394985706632013-05-09T17:24:00.001-05:002013-05-09T17:39:54.919-05:00The Travel Continues West<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been nearly three weeks since my last post, from Moab! Agh! After leaving Utah we stayed the night in the Navajo National Monument camp ground in NE Arizona. The monument houses Navajo artifacts from the area and protects the left over mountainside habitat (which was pretty cool to see.)<br />
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After one night there we drove West, through the Grand Canyon National Park to look over the ginormous crevice. It was cool, Rae wasn't impressed. It was so busy, and nothing as populated with tourists is ever as interesting as finding something on your own. Nevertheless, we made our fun with photos and went on our way.<br />
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We arrived in Flagstaff, AZ and found a free dispersed camping site in the
Coconino National Forest just North of town. It's the first time we've
seen trees like this since we've been on the road! It was a cooling site
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We stayed in Flagstaff for a week, with a schedule something like this:<br />
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Morning - Americano and breakfast at <a href="http://macyscoffee.net/">Macy's European Coffeehouse</a> while Rae blogged<br />
and I processed hundreds (HUNDREDSSS) of raw photographs from Moab. <br />
Afternoon - walking around down town Flagstaff before heading back into the woods<br />
Evenings - read, eat, read, read, read, pee in the woods, read, go to sleep at dark.<br />
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Flagstaff is adorable and charming, big things with a small city feel. Rae was tempted to stay "if it wasn't landlocked." I found hiking boots (that I had been whining I needed for weeks) at a thrift store for $2. We had a perfectly relaxing time and both finished a couple books while lying around the Scampi in the trees.<br />
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From Flagstaff we took a long trek through the Mojave - we had originally planned to camp there for a night or two but by that time we were both so tired of the desert scene that we pushed on forward to Bakersfield, CA. There we had some local brew and slept the night in a parking lot. Then on toward the coast! We arrived at water in Cambria, then drove North on California's coastal Highway 1. The view is amazing, sadly I didn't get many photos because the day we came (and the day we left) fog was covering the water. <br />
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Our camp site was amazing! We stayed here for the week, not doing much of anything but hiking to beaches, reading, and enjoying the hummingbird who visited every couple hours. Gas there is outrageous, since there are no other stations for 60 miles, so we traveled most on foot. Our longest hike to the ocean (we are guessing) was about 3.5 miles one way. I am realizing how out of shape I am. But it was a good day trip. We brought Rumi so she could romp in the water - we found she was not fond of the tide coming in and out, but she enjoyed herself anyway.<br />
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With our limited range of travel from the camp site I found myself getting a little stir crazy. But then I unraveled and employed myself with photographing flowers and finding their names in my grandmother's Flowers Guide. I waited for the hummingbird to come by, always trailing the bee in flower rotations by about ten minutes. I listened to the waves, the bark of seals, buzz of the bees. Let myself be, without anywhere to go. I needed that, it just took me a couple days to settle into it.<br />
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This week we are in San Francisco. Actually, right now we're in Fairfax, just N of the bay area in a cute little town, in a lovely coffee roastery. We parked Scampi at Samuel P Taylor State Park outside Fairfax but we have been traveling to San Fran each day for some action (mostly find-a-parking-space-and-get-back-before-two-hours action). We have seen a good amount of the city, although we know there are a million more things to see. But I'll save all this info for the next post....<br />
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For now we are enjoying a chill day outside the city. Hope you are as well, wherever you are!<br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-41308106628878350762013-04-20T23:17:00.002-05:002013-04-20T23:22:40.488-05:00Quick Update, from Moab, Utah!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yo! We're here in Moab, Utah now, and have been since Monday afternoon (Apr 15th). As we haven't even been on the road two weeks yet this is the longest amount of time in one spot. The Jeep breakdown and lack of open camping/rv sites in Colorado didn't help. But we found ourselves captured by the landscape, availability of camping and things to see here in Moab, so here we have stayed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rumi, the wet wilderness wolf dog, enjoying her hike with us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sitting inside the Double Arch taking photos</td></tr>
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The arches in Arches National Park are pretty amazing. The hike distances and difficulties ranged from easy 1/2mile strolls to 4 mile climb-over-slick-sandstone-and-down-into-sandy-ditches kinda shit. But all of it was worth it. We saw almost every arch listed on the park map, minus a couple further out on the already 4-mile hike nearing sundown. If you haven't visited, you should. The whole "desert" thing is really downplayed for us since we came so early in the season and the weather has been cool. Last night was our first "comfortable" (meaning above 45 degrees) night of sleep without aid of electric plugin. We awoke later than usual, with rain tapping on Scampi. It was a perfect beginning to our last day in Moab. We are leaving here tomorrow morning for Arizona.
Probably going to take our time, see the Grand Canyon and then head
toward California for some Mojave Desert camping. I think I'll be ready to get to the wet ocean air when the time comes...<br />
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Side note: Moab is such an outdoor/active location - sky diving, biking, hiking, running, zip-lining, ATV and 4x4 (this is where everyone brings their Jeep to play). I feel like the kid who thought he was a part of the club until one day he noticed the club was on the other side of the playground. And he was sitting on the swings. I've been sedentary for a while now. Letting myself be lazy with my body, focusing more on my creativity and freedom (and we all know how freedom in contrast to discipline can lead to less action, in so many forms.) So now I am remembering all the days when I was the one receiving those "are you fucking CRAZY?" looks while halfway through practice during the passerby's morning drive. I'm craving action again. Sore muscles, tired lungs, moving, burning, going. I can feel it bubbling beneath. Something will come of my physicality again soon.<br />
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I'm still in the process of processing of processing of processing photos....so more will come at the next update! Till then...cheers!<br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-20478424427143490102013-04-15T12:38:00.000-05:002013-04-15T12:38:07.712-05:00Greetings from Cortez, CO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have been on the road a week today! woo-hoo!!!<br />
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So far we have traveled approximately 896 miles (not including driving around town and scouting camping spots). We are in state numero four, although I don't really think we should count Oklahoma or Texas.<br />
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We have only spent $67 on overnight RV
parking - two nights at an RV park in Taos ($30/night) and $7 for a
night in the Wild Rivers camping area in the Questa/Cerro, NM area over
the Rio Grande/Red River Gorge. The other four nights we parked for
free at Wal-Marts, free public parking and an auto shop.<br />
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We're eating mostly from the food we brought but occasionally (like this morning) we splurge on coffee and breakfast for the wifi and a chance to update/charge. We keep a pretty strict budget ($400/month for food, about $13/day). So far it balances out eating in Scampi and eating out.<br />
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Yesterday was a particularly hard day as we found that all the camping spots in Colorado are closed until May 1, two weeks away. We didn't find any RV parks we particularly felt like paying for, and our backup plan of parking in Durango's Wal-Mart fell through when we pulled in and saw the signs everywhere warning that RVs parked overnight would be towed. Awesome. We used the last of our daylight to hightail it to Cortez (where we could get to another Wal-Mart). The Jeep was worrying us after the thousands of feet climbing elevation pulling Scampi. I was in a bad mood, I made Rae in a bad mood, and we arrived in Cortez frazzled and ready to fly to Seattle. <br />
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Our quest for beer began. Wal-Mart only had domestics, the liquor store closed an hour earlier, and the bar we went to was closed on Sunday. (We thought we left the Midwest?!?!) We walked a couple stoplights up the road and found a little restaurant with sign boasting "micro brewery" so we praised the heavens and stopped for a couple Fat Tires and food. The owner struck up a convo, then offered the back lot under the security lights for us to park overnight, gave us a free round of drinks and info about campsites at our next stop. Lovely to find hospitality like that after such a day.<br />
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Major plus - I have cell reception here in Cortez! I haven't had it since we left Las Vegas, NM last Wednesday. That's not very long, I know, but navigation is so much easier when you have an interactive map and internet in your hands! Travel through the mountains will remain navigated with paper, though. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taos Valley RV Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taos, NM</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our fave coffee shop in Taos, World Cup</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiked to the bottom of the Red River Gorge, Questa, NM</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red River, Questa, NM</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red River, Questa, NM</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Rivers camp site on the top of the Red River gorge, Questa, NM</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Rivers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Rivers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the Wolf Creek area, CO. Not sure how much Rumi enjoyed this....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where we are updating/charging/planning from this morning - Spruce Tree Coffeehouse in Cortez, CO</td></tr>
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-5092686667861344952013-04-12T12:30:00.000-05:002013-04-12T12:43:03.769-05:00On the Road!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are now on the road! I intended to write a week (or a day, or an hour at least...) before we left Oklahoma, but you know how things go. I used every last second for purging belongings, packing, seeing loves, etc. <br />
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We rolled out of Oklahoma City on Monday, April 8th. We made it all the way through the (seemingly neverending) Texas panhandle and into Las Vegas, New Mexico just after dark. Our Jeep was having some trouble so we boondocked (parked for free overnight) in the Wal-Mart parking lot and woke to the Jeep's check engine light. Awesome. We made it to an auto shop, where we parked Scampi in the back salvage area and stayed for 32.5 hours while our wheels were repaired. Not the loveliest start to the trip, especially since we weren't hooked up to electric and the night temperature stayed around 12 degrees F. But we made it, and the Jeep needed to get that final tune up before attempting our uphill climbs.<br />
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The mountains just North of Las Vegas on our way to Taos were absolutely gorgeous. Snow flurries floated around us as we ascended and the sun met us upon descent. Here we have been for a couple days...I'm not interested in exacting my times as its fun to get lost in the days. And speaking of, that's enough of the boring details. I'd rather show you things...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before we left I photographed and videoed the Copperheads show at Kamp's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The redbuds were just beginning to bloom! I'm glad I got to see this... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving out of OKC</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">playing in the snow in Las Vegas, NM</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rumi remembers her bite game from protection school</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowy drive through the Carson National Forest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Door in Taos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rae in downtown Taos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stayed at the Taos Valley RV Park, this is the view looking North</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taking Rumi for a walk, this is looking South back toward the RV Park</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I feel I should add, yesterday afternoon/evening I felt my first pangs of sadness. Missing "home," which actually isn't home at all but just a place where all my loves live, the area that is familiar. I am my own home. Rae, Rumi, our space together inside Scampi. But my chest was heavy with missing my family and friends and the vicinity of closeness. I know this is just the beginning of such. I know I'll not be ready when it fully sets in, there's no way one can be. You just feel it, hold yourself close.<br />
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My ex-husband, who I am still good friends with, texted me the day we left with a wish. It's a quote from Anthony Bourdain, whom we both adore...<br />
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"I wish that you will travel, see the world. That traveling will leave its marks on you, that it will change you. That you'll love much, discover yourself, become a more and more strong person, live your dreams, become the person you dream to be, and live a full life."<br />
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Those may be my favorite wishes among all that I have received before leaving on this journey. And so dear to me because we both had that wish for so long and nourished it alongside one another. But it was never time until now. And now is so, so right. <br />
<br />I will update again soon when we are connected again... Cheers, friends! <br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-8741089103727168192013-03-19T13:49:00.000-05:002013-03-19T13:50:25.216-05:00Pre-Launch Prep<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We've got less than three weeks until launch. The nervous moths have begun their rounds in our tummies. We have a general plan and a general target, but everything in between is fluid.<br />
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Aghhhhohhhmyygooood! {excited freakout}<br />
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Last week we made the savings deposit that put us at our goal amount.<br />
Today I paid the last of our debt (other than school loans, of course, which follow you forever. But those will be deferred until we find jobs).<br />
My salon schedule is full and I'm picking up extra bar-tending shifts.<br />
We still need to get a bike rack, seal Scampi's under-parts, figure out the heater, and other last minute details. Every single day until we leave is scheduled with something. That feels weird for me, since I'm not a planner. I am trying to squeeze my family/friend love goodness in between all the tying up of loose ends. And I'm exhausted.<br />
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But good exhausted. Going somewhere, working my ass off for something very real and near exhausted. I imagine it somewhat like a mother just at the end of labor. It's been a long (LOOONG) road but so, SO worth it.<br />
I expect this journey will be equal parts vacation, work, and learning experience. It's going to be interesting finding a (preferably free) place to park Scampi and sleep at night for three months. Eating without spending tons of money is another feat we're attempting. We're open to picking up random jobs along the way and selling our art so I suspect we will be in constant go mode. We shall see. This is something neither of us has ever done, so we'll make it what we want. <br />
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Subject switch. I'm sitting at Whole Foods for the interwebs and warming my back against the cool early-spring sun. I take care of my business but can't help but overhear from the next table a tale of struggling relationship. She loves him but doesn't want to move with him, he talks to other girls, she wants it to work out, she wonders what will make it a more fulfilling relationship. I forget about how that feels. I forget about how maintaining something like that just begins to feel "normal" after a while. It took me a while to get it right, so I'm not looking down my nose at anyone. I just wish I could walk around telling everyone that they deserve the best, and that fairy tale loves are real!<br />
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Relationships aren't by nature always easy. But in my opinion the right ones, by nature, are stable in spite of daily craziness and emotional theme parks. I readily admit Rae and I have had breakdowns (especially living together in a 13x7 space with a large dog) but underneath the temporary mess has always been a solid foundation. I feel the same for him now as I did when we first connected. I feel more, actually, as it happens with love over time. We were together immediately, without explanation. And every day we dance a series of push and pulls, give slack and pick up, switch the sails and watch each others backs.<br />
I told a coworker the same thing a couple weeks ago when she said that "fairy tale shit doesn't exist." I felt like glitter and light were suddenly shooting out all my orifices as I proclaimed "oh HELL yes, it does!" I hate glitter. But I love this love.<br />
I am so blessed/lucky/karma-kissed to have found my person. <br />
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Have a lovely week, friends!<br />
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OH! Also, I want to say congrats to two lovelies:<br />
My dear friend Leigh (check her blog <a href="http://bromeleighad.blogspot.com/">bromeleighad</a>) for rocking her first art show (and winning the Curators award on top of it!) I have kept a heart-string connected to her since our running days in Stillwater and I'm so excited to see her passion exploding and inspiring others. <br />
And Erin (beautiful momma of <a href="http://starvingartistink.com/">Starving Artist Ink</a>) who gave birth to her little #2 this morning at home with her family. So perfect. <!--3--><!--3--><!--3--><!--3--><br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-77932114943554929942013-02-21T14:43:00.002-06:002013-02-21T14:44:31.019-06:00Everything Right Now...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Everything right now...its good. Moving, buzzing. We re-evaluated our monies over breakfast the other day and set our launch date for April 15th. Fifty-some days left here in Oklahoma!!! It still sounds like a lot but we keep thinking of how quickly this past year has gone by. We have a to-do list full of final checks and ends to tie up. Finish paying off debt. Reach our minimum savings amount. Sell the rest of my things I can't take. Almost there.<br />
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It has been snowing in Oklahoma, again. Snow day #4 since we have been living in the Scamp. And how many snow days does Oklahoma <i>normally </i>give when I'm NOT living outside?! One, maybe two?!?! Thanks, dear home state. Poor Rumi has been confined to the trailer more between her wet, muddy potty breaks. I walk her where I can through the sludge and promise her long trips to the lake when it dries. <br />
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I am deciding on when to turn in my salon key and counting down my weekends left bar-tending/serving at the pub. We scheduled our farewell party and I keep thinking of ways to see all my people before I go. It's feeling more real, and my heart is equally sunken and soaring. Good conversations like I've had this week (in even the simplest avenues of texting) already have me feeling the warmth that will follow when we're gone. I'm going to lose physical contact with my Oklahoma loves, but nothing more. The connections I have now, I will always have. They will only strengthen with absence, because I know that's how my soul will work it. A couple old familiar green bean cans attached by string, stretching from Oklahoma to wherever I am. <br />
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My heart beats gratitude and love today. <br />
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sharaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077909799344774300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706256261009612502.post-8789045013858394452013-02-07T14:12:00.002-06:002013-02-07T14:15:07.961-06:00SolitudeIt's that one thing I can go weeks, months, countless days without. I grew up in a household of six on a street always astir with a swarm of kids. Our trodden-to-dirt front yard (mourned by my parents) was the unofficial meeting ground, constantly covered in bikes. College life was hundred-head-count classes, twice daily practices and travel with my large track family. I feel at home being that little ant in the big march. I'm used to crowds. Honestly, I like them. Solitude for me has been a rare and curious occurrence. When it was offered I could take it or leave it.<br />
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Well, at least I thought I could take it or leave it. But some parts of the soul, even if they are few and small, need solitude. The older I get the more I crave it. And working two service industry jobs makes it all the more evident. I <i>do do do</i> for everyone, all the time. Monday through Saturday I will cut and color your hair, wax those brows, give you a nice blowout and the best in products. On the weekends I'll suggest you the best beers on draft, bring your food and make sure your drink is never empty. On my days off I do my darnedest to see family, friends, spoil my dog with outings, finish photo projects I've taken too long to finish, etc., etc. <br />
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Please don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I chose my jobs and I work maniacal hours so I can get where I want to be. This is completely voluntary and I'm not a slave to any system. The point I'm making (for my own understanding) is that I need to make Solitude just as important. And If anyone can complain about my lack of such it's my lover. Realization:<br />
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Wow. I felt the blow of that one. My last blog was about waking up, and in doing so I have realized how little I had been giving because of how low I had let my wells become. Upon waking my muscles were so weak and small that I found myself
leaning on Rae to walk. But remember when we met, I was running like mad?!! Required: Solitude.<br />
Being your{whole}self is nearly impossible if you're never alone with your silence.<br />
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Even in my crowd of a life I have somehow found my solitude when I needed it. In my childhood I would climb; sycamore branches held me quiet and high. In college I had my own room(s) that became shrine to my organization, spirituality and reflection. Moving back to Oklahoma City from Stillwater was a restart and I buried myself deep in the walls and creaky floors of my <a href="http://sharaleestephens.blogspot.com/2011/02/home.html">grandparent's house</a>. Sometimes solitude conveniently pops in when you need it, other times you have to manifest it. <br />
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I live in a 13x7-foot space, with my person. Only duffel bags to hold our clothes, cabinets for the things we'll use on the road, and a rug for our German shepherd. Our camper is cute. It's warm at night and fun to hang out in when the setting sun warms our West windows.<br />
It will be amazing when we're on the road, out in new land to explore. But we're still in Oklahoma. And in day-to-day life sometimes it feels our belts are too tight. It's more than the familiar stir crazy, its the uncle who taught him everything he knows about making people crack.<br />
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I escape into the clouds of nothing above me, my "unconscious" bailing out when stressed. I fall asleep at the life wheel. I am an expert at focusing on "now" and doing what I need to get through a work day or weekend or a thousand plans and things to do. But I'm not so expert-y on planning ahead. Or being present when I'm off work, which we all know is the most important place to be present. Or giving myself enough time for myself. I am living in a travel trailer with my partner and saving money for the life change we're about to make and I'VE BEEN FUCKING SLEEPING THROUGH IT!<br />
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I am now awake. For today, for every day. I must pay attention, keep my hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. Drive. Even if it's just around the block. DO SOMETHING!<br />
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{ If I am a passenger in my life I am only baggage, to everyone and to myself. }</div>
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Yesterday I cried hard. I burned some clothes in the fire pit outside and threw some habits in with it. This may be a struggle for a while, but new habits are made after, what, 21 repetitions?! Something like that.<br />
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Today I made sure to move. I took my body and my Rumi for a run. I can't remember the last time I <i>really </i>ran. It hurt.<br />
By minute 3 my chest hurt.<br />
Minute 5: my right runners knee began to ache.<br />
Minute 7: knee pain replaced by shin/calf tightness.<br />
Minute 10-14: the infamous gut ache to reiterate "You're outta shape there, buddy!"<br />
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Laziness is so, so easy. And feels good for a while. Until it doesn't.<br />
Hello, soil of the Earth. It's nice to feel you again. <br />
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