Dear Natalie, as an inveterate gypsy who has finally been captured by my home, I really appreciate your description of what home means to you, warts and all. It wasn't until I created a garden in the tenth home I had lived in in Virginia- that it began to feel like home. We just asked the landlord if we could buy it, and he said it is spoken for by his children. Hope being stubborn as it is, we are still hoping they will lose interest and sell it to us someday.
I love how you walk the farm each night, how you sense its needs while it senses yours. I particularly appreciate this line, and the thoughts you offered with it: "What would a world look like where we leaned on each other? To depend on another is a radical act." Your house is bright and beautiful. Your HOME is, as you say, endless.
Thank you, Elizabeth! Seeing all the loss of home and housing this week in WNC and Appalachia really hits, even though the timing of this piece was a coincidence. We need to depend on each other more than ever in this changing climate. 💚
Thank you! 💚 Home and what home means to and for each individual is so completely unique to each of us. That's the inexplicable quality of home that makes it so vulnerable and comforting at the same time, I think.
What beautiful writing. I’m always excited to see a new piece by you pop up in my notifications. Also it feels very serendipitous that this piece comes out today, as I have just moved into my first ever purchased home this weekend. It needs some work and love, especially the beat up old greenhouse and yard, but I’m excited to make it my home. Thank you ❤️
Dear Natalie, as an inveterate gypsy who has finally been captured by my home, I really appreciate your description of what home means to you, warts and all. It wasn't until I created a garden in the tenth home I had lived in in Virginia- that it began to feel like home. We just asked the landlord if we could buy it, and he said it is spoken for by his children. Hope being stubborn as it is, we are still hoping they will lose interest and sell it to us someday.
Jody, I hope that they will sell it to you one day! I'm going to hold that hope for both of you!! 💚
I love how you walk the farm each night, how you sense its needs while it senses yours. I particularly appreciate this line, and the thoughts you offered with it: "What would a world look like where we leaned on each other? To depend on another is a radical act." Your house is bright and beautiful. Your HOME is, as you say, endless.
Thank you, Elizabeth! Seeing all the loss of home and housing this week in WNC and Appalachia really hits, even though the timing of this piece was a coincidence. We need to depend on each other more than ever in this changing climate. 💚
Yes, inevitably we become a part of our landscape.❤️
Always 💚🌻
I appreciate the inexplicability of “home” that you write about with such love and vulnerability.
Thank you! 💚 Home and what home means to and for each individual is so completely unique to each of us. That's the inexplicable quality of home that makes it so vulnerable and comforting at the same time, I think.
You write extraordinarily well and precisely about the important things. Thanks!
What beautiful writing. I’m always excited to see a new piece by you pop up in my notifications. Also it feels very serendipitous that this piece comes out today, as I have just moved into my first ever purchased home this weekend. It needs some work and love, especially the beat up old greenhouse and yard, but I’m excited to make it my home. Thank you ❤️