Getting the Lay of the Land
As I have been exploring the scope of this place that I now call home it isn't surprising that I find myself with more to do than I can fit into any amount of time, even if I'm here all the time. As much as I hate the reason that I've managed to have the last 17 months at home (the Covid 19 pandemic), I have to admit I've loved being here. I have been getting to know its texture, and been witnessing nature's progression. I've had opportunities to see all kinds of things that I normally miss. I'd like to think that as I continue to dig and harvest rocks and clear twitchgrass roots that this place is working itself into my being and we are growing together. I've mentioned that I've been digging – that has been perhaps the thing I've spent the most time on in the past year and a half. While I have plenty of other things I want to do, things that grow, particularly trees, take time to establish. It took me a long time before I began to have...