MOVIN' TO THE FARM!

all cleaned up, re-energized, restocked, all caught up in the magical TeeVeeLand
(same ole same ole)
can't stay here forever
people dressed too nice here, smell too "good"
i've turned into an indoor cat
imprisoned myself in the conditioned air
looking out the window
longing for the breeze on my skin

so here i go
on a new adventure
as familiar and different as the others
new people
new work
new land
like diving into a cold mountain lake
stunning
refreshing
no matter how many times you've done it before
best when you just jump in
takes a little time to get used to
but then you can't stop smiling
swimming
dragonflies flying around your head
floating on your back
looking at the sky
one of my favorite places

here i go
to pick tomatoes, squash, blueberries
sleeping in the barn
eating fresh eggs
body tired, dirty, and smelly
but nobody notices
because they are too
this is where i love to be

Wheatland Vegetable Farms is where i'm going...out at the end of the Dulles
Toll Road(for those of you who know Northern Virginia), an hour west of DC,
almost to West Virginia, out in farm country. I'm gonna be workin 60 hours
a week, making money this time...until winter.

i'll still have my cell phone(same colorado #), and i'll check my e-mail, and be writing this blog.

oh, and i would like to say that i got a library card and have been reading a lot of books since i've been at my mom's house, and i love: edward abbey, wendell berry, starhawk, honeybees, john taylor gatto, annie dillard, tom brown jr., and libraries--that you can borrow as many books as you want, and it's free!!! this will never cease to amaze me, especially in this society where nothing is free.