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June 7th, 2010

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What started as a just over a week vacation turned into 2 weeks – I was in a rush to finish Dori’s dress, we had to say goodbye to my Grandma’s earthly-form, sort her things, etc — there were so many business-type things to do that I felt exhausted and strained. So we added a few days, to finish up painting the cabin, try to relax, & to visit with a few more people. Now I’m in the airport, about to head back to SFO – and I still want to stay in Vermont!

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Vermont is clutchy. Hot days allow you to melt into the landscape, reading on hot rocks with your toes in the river, lightening storms and fireflies. Why would anyone leave?

S. is set on moving here, and I feel ready too – waking up to the stream burbling, hearing coyotes pad and snuffle past the cabin in the night, the pine plank wall smell. I’ve mostly ignored the internet & it’s been really good, but now!! I’ve just downloaded the photos from my camera and OMG so much goodness to share with you all. Coming up — a cabin update, a tour of a stunning handmade strawbale house with a living roof, the end result of Dori’s spirit wedding dress & a tour of her gorgeous light filled cottage, endless family cuteness, & woods woods woods!

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My sister-in-law wrote this poem a million years ago, they have it painted around their bedroom and it was published years ago – it resonates so strongly with me, still.

We were raised here,
Somehow.
Among the trees and stones.
In a little world,
So different, so glad.
Among flannel shirts,
Cold rivers
And rusty pickup trucks.
Bending with the thistles.
Skinny dipping on
Heat-lightning nights.

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