My last blog post was back at the beginning of this year. A lot has happened, and yet, in a way, nothing has happened. Life here has a timeless quality. One can feel as if in suspended animation. Every day there is something to do - many things. Yet nothing is pressing. It is a wonderful life in that respect. A change of occupation is always possible. I have somewhat settled into a pattern of writing every morning and working outdoors in the afternoon, weather permitting. Lately it has been more than permitting. the extraordinary warm weather has been inviting.
This year I have spent more time here than in previous years so it has been possible to get more done and keep the place in order. The grass gets cut and we grow some crops. A healthy life.
Much of this year I have enjoyed solitude. Having had the painful break-up of a relationship I needed time to heal. Nowhere could have been better for the purpose. Now I feel more outgoing again. New relationships are forming. I feel more expansive and enjoy people coming. I always have a sense that this place is too much of a gift to simply keep it to oneself and I try to develop it in ways that will be attractive to others. At the same time I am aware that it is a rather primitive setting and not the sort of place that most modern people are likely to choose. An interesting tension exists between the simplicity of relatively primitive conditions and the desire to make people comfortable.
All in all it has been a year of healing and deepening and I now feel refreshed and restored by the energy of the land.
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