We finally made it! After 8 tedious weeks of having the van fixed in a car workshop in Northern Germany my woman and I finally got the "your car is safe to drive" badge and left for Italy. We had found a perfect housesit for the winter which we are super stoked about - a house far away from "civilization" deep in the woods of Central Italy with a wooden stove, running water, electricity and no immediate neighbors! Win!
When we arrived yesterday it all felt a little overwhelming, a new surrounding and so many possibilities, opportunities to seize and things to make happen. But we were tired of the long travel so we opted to take it easy and rest for the night before starting anything...
But today is day 1! Before I even realized what is going on I was already observing myself collecting wood from the forest in preparation for heating the house properly. Wood abundance! Man it's glorious. The stuff is just laying around everywhere ;)
Nature provides endlessly, and we were told by the lovely host that we can collect wood, gather herbs and greens and pretty much do whatever we feel like here, as long as the house is lived in and looked after since he and his siblings don't live here anymore.
What a cosmic gift! I give thanks to life and the universe for bringing us here, and to us for saying yes to this instantly and without hesitation. If all goes well, we will live here for the next months, working on our arts and music and finally getting our hands dirty with some practical gardening, permaculture and nature occupations, taking walks, breathing in the untouched air, and listening to a few birds in the sea of silence!
We have a toolshed here with all sorts of helpful tools for gardening and pruning work. There is an old veggie garden, half forgotten but totally revivable. And we even have access to mountain water. It's pretty much all we have been looking for in a place to call our home, and while it isn't ours, we will look after it as best we can in preparation for finally finding a place of our own in the near future.
We can't wait. This is homesteading practice round number 3 or so, and I am as stoked as ever to get going and do little things here and there as they pop up as an impulse in me.
Chopping wood and carrying water... to balance the screen-time making tracks and blogging. It's been a really tedious year with many let-downs, hardships and spiritual challenge. And while I do not expect everything to go 100% smoothly here, I am feeling very optimistic and relieved that we finally have a place to rest in silence and come back to our inner center.
So if you will excuse me, I got wood to gather, beats to make and a software manual layout to finish. And to arrive here of course... it feels like a dream and though my body is here, my spirit has hardly caught up with the reality of the situation! Seemed natural to blog about it to further cement the idea that it's time for rest, relaxation and the arts, FINALLY. Thank you life!
