Deborah Thuman on thu 14 aug 08
We bought the house. We planted the hedge. We planted the fruit trees.
We planted the pussywillows. We planted an organic vegetable garden
that took over the back yard. We planted everbearing raspberries. We
planted roses. We planted strawberries. We had family nearby.
I went to law school.
We decided I would look for a job someplace that wasn't in NY and we'd
move.
I passed the NM bar exam. I took a job in Las Cruces, NM. I moved. A
year later, Jim, the cats and the rest of our belongs moved. We sold
the house in NY (for a less than the assessed value). We bought a
house in NM (three times the house, 1/3 the taxes). We planted peach
trees. We learned we can't figure out how to farm in the desert.
For the first time in 36 years of marriage, we both are vested for a
pension. We will have good health insurance when we retire. We each
have good jobs and a good income. Jim is doing work he never dreamed
he'd be doing.
So Kelly, go, stay - sit a bit and figure it out. It's all part of
life and life is a journey. Sometimes, we travel physically.
Sometimes, we travel emotionally. Sometimes, we travel only in our
heads but we go to far off galaxies. I can't tell you what to do or
how to figure this out. Alas, you're on your own. The only advice I
will offer is to look inside your heart before making this decision.
Deb Thuman
http://debthumansblog.blogspot.com/
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Lee Love on sun 17 aug 08
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Deborah Thuman wrote:
> So Kelly, go, stay - sit a bit and figure it out. It's all part of
> life and life is a journey.
Deb,
It is taking us about 2 years to move back to Minnesota. Me
getting the new place going, Jean working in Japan.
What I have noticed, is that your life's path doesn't make
sense looking forward into the future, but when I look back,
everything seemed to have a reason, each stage got me ready for the
next one. Never in a way I might have expected. When I returned
to Japan for the first time in 1993 and saw my teacher on T.V. when I
switched it on, at first arrival and after setting or bags down in our
room above my Uncle's Karaoke bar, I never imagined I would be
apprenticing with him in 6 years time. Now, it is 15 years later and
I have no idea where the next path leads, but I am ready for it.
Just lit the woodkiln in Mashiko for the last time. Filled
mostly with refires. I head back to Mpls in a week. Trying to get
as much packing and sorting done with Jean for a small sea cargo
shipment to Mpls. Packed up 14 boxes of books. Probably leaving
twice that many behind...
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
http://claycraft.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." --Rumi
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