Sitting on the floor in Centre Fire. It is very hot. Next to me is an empty bowl. Saurkraut was giving me comfort. I am thinking, making important lists on the computer, dreaming, and very unsure.
Came back from Schumaker early than anticipated. It wasn't because I wasn't having a good time (calm conversation and woods exploration) but the idea of having an hitchhiking adventure with Annabie and returning to Emercombe in time to have a few hours of down time before heading to a barn dance with the Embercombe family was really irresistible: so that is what I decided to do.
I wouldn't describe what I am doing as relaxing exactly, but it feels right. I am thinking, planning, and dreaming. Imagining options and potentials decisions may lead to.
I am appreciative of my stainless steel water bottle.
Currently listening to http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=NxNPvZ30l9k through head phones I found in the yellow room when I was figuring out how to play Hills of Anthenry on the violin.
My life has been full of moments where I need to pinch myself to double check I am not dreaming and is currently very thoughtful.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Dreams, Happiness, and Unknowns of the Future
The wheels in my head are turning. I am in the need of something adventurous and full of unknowns. I am forever being reminded if I talk about what I am interested in and or want, it really comes my way and that talking out loud about my dreams is a healthy way to process. What I am doing now is living the life I have been dreaming about for a few years. What is next?!
I am proud of how much I have been following my gut lately and how filled with joy I have been and want that to continue.
I am proud of how much I have been following my gut lately and how filled with joy I have been and want that to continue.
Monday, July 8, 2013
The Last 3 Days
The last 3 days have been packed with great things. Back to back. Experience after experience. Definitely not a relaxing weekend but certainly refreshing.
Friday night we celebrated Lucy Lee's bithday. Lucy and Elouise both came back to Embercombe!
Cara hula hooping Fire.
Sitting,
watching in amazement,
I am reminded
that simplicity,
good people,
and Nature
shape my world.
A little taste of what was going on.
Some were playing ninja (England style), some were around the fire, some were in the kitchen, music began, the sun set, many people were wearing obscure/non typical outfits... brilliant!
A little bit of belly dancing. All respectful but some definitely better than others.
Jenny (dressed as Mick for the night), Jim (in my skirt and a top found in trago), Patty in her belly dancing gear, and Mimi in her Cinderella dress with a belly dancing top over it.
- Mimi doing fire hula hoop -
Jaro juggling fire
Kiera is on the left and Jim is on the right. ;)
Dress up, musical clothes, cross dressing, whatever name you put to it
it is fun.
Sleep fast, then...
Saturday's Seed Festival in Stroud.
Listening to Polly Higgins speak about eradicating ecocide.
I appreciated that she opened up with saying 'I am not going to say things
you can read on the web site..."
Jaro and Cara dancing ~
A little closer up this time :D
Dancing to the band Seize the Day at the end of the festival was incredible. Felt SO good.
Felt like a right hippy -- the best kind.
So full of joy, love, and movement.
Sunday's Dartmoor visit with Elouise and Patti.
Patty is on the left and Elouise is on the right.
Differing styles, both loving it.
Our first river stop.
Beyond beautiful.
Elouise glowing by the water.
Different perspectives.
SSSI -- definitely something I am going to look into further.
Looks beautiful to me. The thought 'untidy' didn't cross my mind until I saw the apology sign below...
Oh Brit's and their manors.
Is it the footpath you wanted ;)
I felt incredibally lucky to have spent the day exploring Dartmoor with these 2 amazing women.
We almost accidentally found our way back to the car and (even though we felt unsustainable) decided to drive back to Embercombe in a way where we would get to see and wonder in some tors.
On the top of the tor we can see from Embercombe
My friend Patty. So very glad our paths crossed.
Cricky!
Steps in the rocks.
When I was around Dartmoor I remember thinking on many many occasions: this (view, experience, plant, combination in Nature) is not just beyond beautiful, lush, extraordinary, special, magnificent, absolutely incredible, it is a cloth of all of them woven together with so much more to it than those words can say.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
With An Unplanned Smile
I definitely wrote the date as July 2nd today on the bag of fresh peas I was bagging and putting in the freezer -- woops!
Things that fall out include:
I am happy with the amount of music in my life lately. I am not sure if it is happening because I need to think about something, or because I need to not think about something - but either way it is very nice. Banjo, guitar, little violin, singing...
Hey if today is July 3rd that means tomorrow is the 4th. Hm. What to do. I think I shall celebrate: I have been at Embercombe for officially one month! :) Feeling just as patriotic as ever and a bit cheeky ;)
Kitchen time = chopping, gathering, cleaning, mixing, tasting... it is really fascinating working with different people in the kitchen. This morning Vikki and I made lunch (I came in about an hour before serving time because I was working with Natalie, Fi, and the horses) and it was very calm and laid back. Not that it wasn't working with Toni to prep dinner but it certainly felt different. I think I have taken one tea break this week. Currently I am ok with that, as has been the case with all but one tea break so far (and that was only because I really had to pee.)
Thinking about people I am not with but not in a sad way. Not wishing, just thinking.
The space I am often in when on the computer is not that great: the volunteer office space. The sound and company is uncontrollable and it is not very inspiring. Shame. That is all right, I am in inspiring and beautiful spaces about every other moment here at Embercombe. Breathe takingly beautiful (people, land, jobs, sounds) are so natural here (as in what I have grown accustomed to) and what I am surrounded by all the time!
Patty and Ronan got back today :) Later than expected (Patty by a few hours, Ronan by a few days) -- it is good to have them back!
I have doing a really good job at living life lately and seeing where my feet take me and where I find my heart. I keep catching myself doing something and realize - hm! Not quite sure how I got to be doing this but I am glad I am! It is brilliant :) Going to do that and see what happens for the next few hours.
Things that fall out include:
I am happy with the amount of music in my life lately. I am not sure if it is happening because I need to think about something, or because I need to not think about something - but either way it is very nice. Banjo, guitar, little violin, singing...
Hey if today is July 3rd that means tomorrow is the 4th. Hm. What to do. I think I shall celebrate: I have been at Embercombe for officially one month! :) Feeling just as patriotic as ever and a bit cheeky ;)
Kitchen time = chopping, gathering, cleaning, mixing, tasting... it is really fascinating working with different people in the kitchen. This morning Vikki and I made lunch (I came in about an hour before serving time because I was working with Natalie, Fi, and the horses) and it was very calm and laid back. Not that it wasn't working with Toni to prep dinner but it certainly felt different. I think I have taken one tea break this week. Currently I am ok with that, as has been the case with all but one tea break so far (and that was only because I really had to pee.)
Thinking about people I am not with but not in a sad way. Not wishing, just thinking.
The space I am often in when on the computer is not that great: the volunteer office space. The sound and company is uncontrollable and it is not very inspiring. Shame. That is all right, I am in inspiring and beautiful spaces about every other moment here at Embercombe. Breathe takingly beautiful (people, land, jobs, sounds) are so natural here (as in what I have grown accustomed to) and what I am surrounded by all the time!
Patty and Ronan got back today :) Later than expected (Patty by a few hours, Ronan by a few days) -- it is good to have them back!
I have doing a really good job at living life lately and seeing where my feet take me and where I find my heart. I keep catching myself doing something and realize - hm! Not quite sure how I got to be doing this but I am glad I am! It is brilliant :) Going to do that and see what happens for the next few hours.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Me Today
Today started when my alarm went off a little after 7 but then actually really started when I heard Vikki's voice saying my name and checking if I was ok. It was about 9:30, and I am usually at the top of the hill before the 8:30 meeting. Opps! Apparently I needed a little extra sleep...
I jumped right into the kitchen.
It felt a bit like my college lifestyle not eating much of a meal until lunch around 1 PM. It was a really good meal too! Butter bean/barley/onion tail soup with some leftover (vegan) shepherds pie, and a bit of green salad. Yum!
Kitchen kitchen. Yay for music, laughter, chopping, conversation, and working together.
A bit past 5 I left the kitchen. When the next shift holders came in I didn't want to leave but I am glad I did. I walked down to my tent (barefoot for the first time for the day) to grab my tooth brush and sat by the lake for a bit - appreciating, thinking, loving, and thinking.
Picture this: welly boots on, my blue skirt from the charity shop in Paignton from my hips to mid shin, a top with a white light weight front part and a wool like sweater down my arms and around my back covering my upper body, a taste of blue peeking out of the v neck of the shirt, my cleu necklace hanging from my neck, a day old french plate/braid starting in the middle and weaving its way around the right side of my head, a simple curly ring, a worn piece of string around my wrist, and a mind that is eager/alert/energized/inspired/happy -- that is me. And has been for about a week now :)
I am happy with my life.
I jumped right into the kitchen.
It felt a bit like my college lifestyle not eating much of a meal until lunch around 1 PM. It was a really good meal too! Butter bean/barley/onion tail soup with some leftover (vegan) shepherds pie, and a bit of green salad. Yum!
Kitchen kitchen. Yay for music, laughter, chopping, conversation, and working together.
A bit past 5 I left the kitchen. When the next shift holders came in I didn't want to leave but I am glad I did. I walked down to my tent (barefoot for the first time for the day) to grab my tooth brush and sat by the lake for a bit - appreciating, thinking, loving, and thinking.
Picture this: welly boots on, my blue skirt from the charity shop in Paignton from my hips to mid shin, a top with a white light weight front part and a wool like sweater down my arms and around my back covering my upper body, a taste of blue peeking out of the v neck of the shirt, my cleu necklace hanging from my neck, a day old french plate/braid starting in the middle and weaving its way around the right side of my head, a simple curly ring, a worn piece of string around my wrist, and a mind that is eager/alert/energized/inspired/happy -- that is me. And has been for about a week now :)
I am happy with my life.
Music Yesterday and Today
This time yesterday I was sitting in the volunteer office alone and through the open window I could hear Jim playing this song on his guitar on top of the mound --
Born in the middle of the afternoon
On a horse drawn wagon on the old
The big twelve wheelers shook my bed
"You can't stop here" the policeman said
"You'd better get born in someplace else"
On a horse drawn wagon on the old
The big twelve wheelers shook my bed
"You can't stop here" the policeman said
"You'd better get born in someplace else"
Chorus:
So, move along, get along, move along, get along
Go, move, shift
So, move along, get along, move along, get along
Go, move, shift
Born in the tattie hoking time
In a canvas tent near the tattie field
The farmer says "Your work's all done
It's time that you were moving on
You'd better get born in someplace else"
In a canvas tent near the tattie field
The farmer says "Your work's all done
It's time that you were moving on
You'd better get born in someplace else"
Chorus
Born on a common near a building site
Where the ground is rutted with the trailor wheels
The local people said to me
"You lower the price of property
You'd better get born in someplace else"
Where the ground is rutted with the trailor wheels
The local people said to me
"You lower the price of property
You'd better get born in someplace else"
Chorus
Born at the back of a blackthorn hedge
When the white hoare frost lay all around
No eastern kings came bearing gifts
Instead the order came to shift
You'd better get born in someplace else
When the white hoare frost lay all around
No eastern kings came bearing gifts
Instead the order came to shift
You'd better get born in someplace else
Chorus
The winter sky was hung with stars
And one shone brighter than the rest
The wise men came so stern and strict
And brought the order to evict
You'd better get born in someplace else
And one shone brighter than the rest
The wise men came so stern and strict
And brought the order to evict
You'd better get born in someplace else
Chorus
Wagon, tent or trailor born
Last month, last year or in far off days
Born here or a thousand miles away
There's always men nearby who say
"You'd better get born in someplace else"
Last month, last year or in far off days
Born here or a thousand miles away
There's always men nearby who say
"You'd better get born in someplace else"
Chorus
As of 11 PM last night I thought I knew how to play wagon wheel on the guitar,
as of about 6 PM today by tweaking a few things and asking Jom a few questions
I fully learnt it. I can now officially play a song on the guitar! (Of course it would
be wagon wheel~)
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