Stephani Stephenson on thu 24 dec 09
HI Tony,=3D20
Will be setting up a stagecoach stop on the southern bend of the Mormon T=
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rail, at least=3D20
the Mormon batallion trail...along the old Butterfield Stage route in SE =
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Az.. did you know=3D20
that Buffalo soldiers escorted the
stages through the beloved Apache homeland? I'll be looking out at Cochis=
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e's stronghold,=3D20
one range over from Chiricahua, and on the banks of the san Pedro.
Not a latte in sight, though i could drive to Benson for one.
I'm sure i'll be planning errands to Tucson to get my urban fix.
I farmed and gleaned my way through the 70s. had a 53 truck. built my ow=
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n yurt and=3D20
camper.i never was the landowner though.also, too wild to settle into a =
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craft til the 80s.=3D20
developed business saavy outside of clay and off the farm.
started my post -school committed relationship with clay in Montana. fig=
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ured there=3D20
weren't enough folks in the whole state to support an artist..(grin, grim=
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ace)=3D20
so i really have to say i cut my teeth in supporting myself in clay in th=
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e wild=3D20
urban/suburban landscape of southern cal, where you make money or you die=
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..fast.
that forced me to dive in 100%...nothing mellow or laid back about it.
Guess what? doing the scariest thing possible can make you a lot less=
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scared. life is=3D20
short.
David H is kind of my hero. When i see his place i wish i coulda plunked =
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down some=3D20
money way back when. I think went to the country too early, because at 2=
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2 I had=3D20
already been there done that,and was just plain restless. . If i had sta=
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yed in the country i=3D20
probably would have continued to smoke too much pot and not made much ex=
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cept a lot=3D20
of good canned goods and great baked bread. Which is OK, actually, but i =
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had to go=3D20
exploring.
Going back to the country both fills me with joy and of course it scares=
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the hooie out of=3D20
me. i have so many ideas though .. finding out I am kind of an inventor a=
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t heart... and i=3D20
think now i have better work habits and social skills to carry it throug=
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h...good lord willin,=3D20
and the crick don't rise and the back don't go!
with all the scary stories around..now is a good time to plunk a little =
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money down on a=3D20
place...for the first time in my adult life, it is affordable.. i think t=
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he last time anything=3D20
was affordable was before i was old enough to drive a car...that's a long=
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time.
of course there are costs associated with living in the boonies..
it has been a long time for me, so we'll see how this dame adapts.
i hope to get the stage stop in working order so you hardy northerners ca=
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n swing south=3D20
and visit a spell.=3D20
I suppose the first order of business will be to get a truck. a dependabl=
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e one. there's just=3D20
no way around it.
meanwhile i need to get my hands on a copy of that book David send you .
sign me=3D20
going back to the country and getting weirder
Stephani Stephenson
may the year ahead be bountiful, fruitful and wondrous for all of you.
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