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AUGUST 2007
The 17k
finally arrived and I have cleared away a good deal of debt, including the
balance on my land in Missouri. The Homestead is now officially mine
lock, stock and unfinished house. Now if the world goes to Hell in a
Hand-basket, I can always refugee to Origanna Woods. Unfortunately,
it’s also one of the hottest summers on record with near drought
conditions in Missouri. So I’m going to hold off until September to
start work, hopefully under cooler conditions.
AUGUST 15, 2007
Tito’s
friend, Dan, has returned from Costa Rica unexpectedly. Basically,
he got mugged and lost everything, which definitely took the bloom off
life in Central America. I told him all about Missouri and basically
offered him room and board if he would come work on the house with me and
Levi. “My very own Walden,” was his reply, so it’s pretty much a
done deal.
Tito would
love to come too and paint while Dan writes about life in Costa Rica, but
Tito is involved with working at Radio Maria and loving it. And he
has two art shows planned for the Fall, but maybe he will join us later.
Dan has an
interview for a Fulbright in mid September, but we will leave right after
that. I can’t wait to get back to Origanna Woods and work on the
house. The Champaign house is overflowing with all kinds of goodies
for the Missouri house and we will need a truck to haul it all down there.
Furniture, doors, windows, another fireplace unit and an electric garage
furnace and sixteen crates of books salvaged from the library is just the
beginning of the truck load.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2007
I bought a
car today for Missouri. I saw the ad in Craig’s list and Tito and I
went to check it out. It’s a 1988 Oldsmobile Custom Supreme Cruiser
station wagon. It’s a deep wine color with real bench seats and the
backward facing third seat in back, so the kids can puke over the tailgate
when they get carsick. Only 112,000 miles as its been garaged for
nearly 15 years in Wisconsin. And a real steal at $900. Leaks
a little oil, but only on long trips and it runs like a top. It’s
just too, too Brady Bunch for words. But I can get in and out
without help, heaps of room for the dogs and chair, and the back is big
enough to hold sheets of plywood and lumber. It’s better than a
pickup. So fingers crossed, barring an Act of God, we will be off to
Missouri on Sept. 24th.
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