Re-directions

I'm amazed to see it's been 14 or so months since I last posted. Also gratified- so much has happened, grown, solidified. A shortish re-cap:
I started a web page,then abandoned it; I'd hoped for an organizational tool that'd give me a simpler format for categorizing projects & subject thoughts. I still want that, but I realized that continuing in whatever way to verbalize, challenge, & refine my thinking & intentions is what I truly want from this effort. And anyway, the easy web format was just too hard. SO, I'll continue this as a diary of the project, chronicles of my slow schooling.
Last May, Q & I invited a new partner. In exchange for ownership of the Middle House, she's running the household(s). We pool our meager finances, she pays the bills & keeps food in the house. She's a talented Finder- we now have a working gas stove - vintage 1920, I think- with no foolery we can't see & fix ourselves. She's found rugs & food & a running red pick-up truck & building materials, which the great carpenter she found is using to finish the Middle House. It's actually nearing completion- now insulated, electrified, and sheetrocked; the imminent plumbing installation will include a branched drain graywayer system. (the carpenter found copper pipe & fittings enough). Over a year later, we all remain committed to each other & the household- if not specifically my own premises, leanings, & project (she believes the economy will "recover", frinstance).
The Gardens grow- I backed off from looking at green abundant results & have gone to improving the soil & planting beds, which is sustaining a new array of herbs & medicinals.
We acquired a dog, which eliminated the existing chickens; 5 little peeps are growing daily in the kitchen dry sink, so we should have eggs by Sept- October.
More to add to the library catalogue, different planting methods- lasagna gardening now- and much personal development. I backed off from the 40 hrs a week- money just ain't worth my time, once the mortgage is paid- and am now working 24 hr/week night shift. Much better- except that I've got to leave for work now. So more later - a lot to explore. A lot to tell.