Being here is an experience. (Just a random picture, not in MD)
It's interesting; last week we were asked to draw (as a class training exercise) on butcher paper 1st, what our home looked like. Then what other various parts of home looked like: 1) most comforting spot, 2) a place you go a lot, 3) a natural place around home, 4) a place where you go to congregate with friends, 5) where you go to be alone, and 6) what it looks like from your bedroom window. The 1st question was very vague and ambiguous and it got me thinking; this is the first time in my life where I havent been able to positively say where my home is. I took these questions in the sense of place rather than structure. What I drew was a meshing of 3 drawings that remind me of places I feel that "home sense". I drew representations of Lopez Island, Arcata, and my planet. This was a very weird and contemplative exercise for me to find 3 places home and not just one. I'm not sure if I should realy delve in to this and come to terms with it or just let it sit and not ponder too much. Just relying on something I know works 100%---the flow.
I've been pondering lately what my next step after this will be. I plan on spending thanksgiving in NY, making it to Lopez for "the end of the world" :), and then taking care of my mom after her surgery (100% commitment to this). But after alla that I'm not too sure where I'll go. I have an obvious draw and want to return to Arcata and get a job doing building projects for people and just trying to build up some money and re-connect to my community. I really want to get fully back into silks so I can start instructing sometime soon. Get some sort of summer job. Adventure. Next fall I'm thinking of starting my 2-year associates degree at Seattle Central Community College (click to see)
to enter in to the carpentry/woodworking/boat building program. I think I just want to be an artisan of goods like sail boats, houses, knives, prints, and other things for "making a living". I also want to do seasonal work and spread myself that way as well. So we'll see where the universe takes me, it's an exciting ride.
Last week we had very light programming--meaning that we had small school groups come and it wasnt too intense. I had two night hike nights and those were fun and went well. We teamed up with my friend Kate's nighthike groups and had some fun big group games/night interactions. Kate and I also had this AMAZING stream studies class with a group of 7th graders. It was soo fun and reminded me of alla those labs where we'd go to Jacoby Creek or local Arcata streams and just play, study and look at macroinvertebrates all day. I got to be the leader and wear waders (and fall in wearing waders..hah), catch bugs, teach kids how to catch them, and then talk about different adaptations of stream critters (like the clams that were everywhere). It was the best! Loved it!
Two weekends ago me and 2 friends went to DC for a night of dancing and city life. Every big city is within 2 hours of here. That's really great! It was a fun city night walking the main drag, dancing at DC's premier gay dance club (music was so-so), and just getting out of the Echo Hill area. It's great here, but is sometimes suffocating, which is why it rocks to have freinds with cars who want to get away.
This last weekend was the fall equinox and I spent it pretty mellow-ly :) Wrote a letter to universal new beginnings and lit it on fire. The day of the equinox me and 3 of my buddies sailed on the Chesapeake for 5 hours. We swam, laughed, and tacked. I love how sailing is non-passive. You cant just sit there, it takes the whole crew to counter balance and pull the jib and alla that sailor schtuff. Very fun! Though I have no aspirations of sailing the ocean, I think I just will stick to bays and lakes.
I plan to get a new tattoo very soon. I tend to do this at transitional periods of life. I'm excited. I really want a plecoptera nymph or an argus pheasant feather.
I guess this is a popular song right now, but I really enjoy it. Definitely relatable, but not too much. I also think it has a beautiful melody.
Sprout Out!
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