It has been a month since my last blog entry, a month that has been extraordinarily busy, almost frenzied. I have definitely not been attentive to the query in NEYM Faith and Practice which asks: "Do you take care that your spiritual growth is not sacrificed to busyness but instead integrates your life's activities?" My spiritual growth, indeed my spiritual life, has been on hold. I am beginning to breathe again and to open my eyes (Mk 10:51,52) to the Light.
The busyness of the past month has been related to the details of selling our Leverett house and buying the Colrain house. The new septic system for Leverett is in, and a monumental task that was. The new hardwired, interconnected smoke/CO alarm system (required by Mass. regulations) is installed and working. We have moved a couple of trailer loads of stuff to an intermediate storage area -- including all of our books, CDs and records that friends have helped us pack. Tentative arrangements have been made with others to help transport the rest. All of this while tending to our animals and continuing farm operations. We have a closing date on the Leverett house of October 29 and an agreement to move into the Colrain house the same day.
The fruit of all of this work is a new farm in a beautiful spot with pasture outside the back door. In a future entry I hope to be able to launch into a long rant about the beauty and other amenities of the newest version of Winterberry Farm.
A final word for today: immense gratitude to our friends in Leverett and Mount Toby meeting. We couldn't have made it this far without your loving support and help.
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