this

my friend alex's last three blogs have been about

a huge water catchment he's setting up

baby turkeys he's received

and brewing beer with some special homegrown hops

what could be better than that

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all right it was pretty cool to get lost in the woods

it was just annoying enough

that i was more pissed than embarrassed

grateful to the one car that drove by

showing us a road was very close

though necessitating a steep rocky climb

through unexpected brambles

after three hours

it was just dark and cold enough

and we had just enough layers

food and water

to be just uncomfortable enough

for the ensuing hour plus scrambling back to the car

to have a very focused experience

with the outdoors

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a feeling

continues to orient westward

souls talking

despite a thousand obstacles

a mutual reminding of dreams

one a yet-to-be defined

persistent travel calling

and one of digging

perhaps recent urban setbacks

a call to get further away from this civilization

and follow through with either the wwoofing

or planting trees

i think

this

is the summer