When I say "Home"...

Good Morning -

We've arrived at the end of the "When I Say "Home", I mean..." series.

How do you feel? Relieved? Disappointed? Still shaking off the apathy that has plagued us as a general populace for the last few years and therefore ambivalent?

Yes.

I spent most of last night google searching "farm/ranch Colorado for sale" to try to get a good image for this final tile. In the process I learned a few things - my printer needs more color ink, and Trinidad (southeastern Colorado, just our side of the NM border (and the sex change capital of the world)) is currently a hoppin' place to buy a little farmette or a giant sprawling ranch. Either - you pick.

Also, I learned that I might need upwards of $1,000,000 to make this magic happen, so I should start saving now.

None of the places I found were It, It, It so I also learned that I might need to be open to taking what's got the best bones and adding the bits I need to make it Home home (without compromising what I want). Taking the carpeting out falls under this category, as does adding another bathroom to an older (early to mid 1900's) one-bath only home.

That said, for all that Rob's exercise was about getting clear about what I want and need in my home environment, it was also about reminding myself the importance of active participation in my community and giving to my home as much love as it gives to me.

I don't currently have $1,000,000, but I have love in spades, so this is absolutely something I can do right now.

And so I will.

As a recap of what I need in my home, here is the list:

Goats

Wood-burning stoves

Chickens

Well-Stocked Pantry (with foods that I've put up - from my garden and elsewhere)

Snow

Fall

Good Public Transit

Good Kitchen Space

Bikes

Hope

Bees

Community

Creativity

Water

Baths

Sleeping

Lounging

Critical Thinking

Comfort

Good Gathering Place

Clotheslines

Peace

Diversity

Undeveloped

Here's to that. Here's to having a home that is just what you want in a community that meets your needs and to which you give back all the love you receive.