I leave for Scotland in two days, if the snow will ever stop falling, my bags will arrive from FedEx, the Dell man will make it up my driveway to repair my computer, and the doctors will call me to tell me I don't have mono. The snow is really the only thing that might stop me, but golly, a lot is riding on my Wednesday.
Now I have a blog. I have actually made two other blogs before now. One was a livejournal, which I've had since I was fourteen years old, and it's hidden, because it's embarrassing. I think there might be poems in there. The other is one I share with my friend Becky, and if you want to read it just let me know. It's really silly. I don't know yet if I'll be embarrassed about it in five years. This blog, however, is just about me going to Scotland to live in the Findhorn Ecovillage (see links at side for more information about the program I'm traveling with). It's about me going back to school (modified school, as all travel abroad programs seem to be, but school) after a year and a half, living with 17 other students (and many more ecovillage inhabitants) in this weird and incredibly cool place where, 30 some years ago, some people made 40-lb cabbages grow by praying. As the legend goes.
Also, after my semester at Findhorn is over, I'm traveling with my partner, Nate, for 3 weeks around Europe (thank you Mr. and Mrs. Redman), so I will try to write about that too. And since we aren't going to Finland, those 3 weeks will probably mostly be about me trying to convince him to go with me to see this in Italy. We've never been to Europe so if you have any suggestions of what to do there, please let us know. My plans so far include pretending I'm Lilliputian and taking a nap in the ear of the giant knitted rabbit, but I just don't think that can keep us occupied for 3 weeks.
Anyway, I'm happy to be going, happy to be doing something that feels really right. It's big and a little scary to be venturing out into a whole other continent all on my own but it's the kind of stretching I need to be doing right now and I'm glad I didn't wait one more second to do it.
So thank you for reading, friends! I love you all in a big way.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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