Just sitting with a cup of coffee...really good coffee and thinking about how I ended up here in Southern Oregon, with 4 cats and a plethora of chickens a big garden and a very different life than I was leading in the Bay Area. Now we are 12 miles from the nearest town, if you can call it that, that has a population of about 2000. Let's just say that the "traffic" is not a problem. I do miss things about where we came from, my family of course, but most everything else is food related. Sourdough bread, local REAL Mexican food, citrus, avocados, exceptional restaurants on every street corner that are opened until 3 am. Then there are the events and happenings that, by the local people here, are considered very strange and scary. Renaissance fairs, costume parties, critical mass, burning man, Seaman Group, Cacophony Club shenanigans, drag queens and so many other things. Some times I feel like I'm from another planet.
However, I have found a small group of friends, here in the woods, who have open minds and a sense of adventure. This has made me feel more at home here and we have made our own events here, like the Winter Solstice party that we had at our house, where we made Gloog (a Swedish, fruity, spicy, hot alcoholic beverage) and lit it on fire to celebrate the season. But I do miss the bay area's wild, crazy people and events. Halloween is coming and I know it will be another year of creative drought, this area has no sense of costume and revelry. I have missed dressing up for things. At my current job there are no costumes allowed, the area doesn't have Halloween events...just a little too scary, I suppose. My only outlet is to have my own party but our group of like minded friends is still a bit small for that yet...maybe next year...
Well, I know we moved here to be closer to my sister, to be closer to my husbands family, to get out of the rat race and to get our debt paid off. I believe we made the correct decision for us, we do really love our life in the woods, with the creek in our back yard and being away from the MULTITUDES of people. We have found a place here and made friends. Our jobs are not horrible, my husband and I are healthy and life is good.
1 comment:
I too miss the sourdough bread!It's funny how you miss things that seem so simple, I didn't realize that bread is so awesome until I bought some here and tried to return it because "clearly this is NOT sourdough bread!"
Hugs and kisses,
Jenna
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