I've been wwoofing in NC to check out what it's like to farm back east. You know...where it's green and all. Not that Colorado isn't amazing and seriously beautiful, but IMHO it's just too dry for us to consider buying a farm in beautiful Boulder County (as if we could afford it anyway). And, of course, the main thing is that my 80-something parents are back this way.
So, I've been here for almost 3 months, with a quick trip back home to pick up my husband, dog and some summer clothes.
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| Hour 2 of 24. Eastern Colorado is FLAT. |
I say I picked them up but in reality Michael did the majority of the driving on our 2-day, 1,669 mile road trip back. And Callie our black Lab was a rock star, riding off into the sunset (snowstorm) without complaint, as always! We often wonder what in the world she thinks of the goings-on of The People.
But back to Radicata Nella Terra (that is, "Rooted in the Land"). I started this blog when I was wwoofing in Italy in 2011, but it also was intended to blog my exploits in getting back to the land in general. Yet, somehow I never managed to post anything on this blog since...not any of the other wwoofing in Italy, nor volunteering on local farms, nor spending time on our family farm, nor getting out and about in the mountains in Colorado. In fact, not even during the past 3 months, despite that fact that the wwoofing "schedule" is technically only 25-30 hours per week. I somehow just didn't have the time...and there was family to visit (first Easter with them in 20+ years!); live music to see and towns to check out, both in the company of my good friend and sometime-hotelier Greg; baby goats to snuggle; Daoist readings to study...and I don't know what else. But now I'm vowing to catch up a bit. Since Michael moved mountains to get here in time for the Farm Tour, I'll start there.
