not really, though. but today WAS to have been the two month exact late day for closing on my new house, and it’s been delayed again. the current owner is fighting with her realtor and let the house go, didn’t put propane in the tank and allowed the brand new furnace to do whatever it did not do. the house interior was 38 degrees when we went for the walk through. so now i waited more, yesterday the entire day from 8-6 was waiting for calls and texts and answering them. all this because of attitude we used to call it. and mis or no communication.

on one of my last walks on tanner creek.

the north country has a weird, marginal economy, and my house purchase was supposed to happen october 9. the second closing was scheduled for today, two months later. and still I wait.

the winter doesn’t wait, it’s locked up and the ground is hardening, and we have some real cold and a little snow. years ago we would have been skiing and running furnaces and feasting with friends and toasting the solstice which is our pivot-point. there will be no gatherings, and I will begin teaching again in january remotely for slu for three months. i’m used to aloneness, but this year teaches me to value my loved ones, my friends, my community in a new way…and to fear them or rather fear for them.

furniture shopping: odd cupboard/cabinet

as i’ve looked at furniture and appliances (i need to purchase washer, stove, fridge) and perhaps a few other things i find the things i love most are…somewhat… weird.

there is so much to do and to think about when you move, even with less stuff than before, 18 months ago, and with a kind of joy as you adjust your life the way it needs to be.

as i was doing the edits, which i forgot earlier, i realize i just want ot send you all a hug and wishes for the very best as you struggle along. you are not alone. and this is what this technology does well, lets us say this fairly easily and with love for all my readers.

xo