* 2012 *

Starcroft Fiber Mill's new home - under construction in 2012

a moving and somewhat unsettling year

Here's what I learned in 2012:

*     if you put your old house up for sale in a poor market, 

      it really could sell before you have a new house to live in

*     with a generous amount of tears and perseverance you can sort, pack, and move

      35 years accumulation of life in 6 weeks

*     house-less is not the same as home-less 

      thanks to the generosity and kindness of friends 

*     you can move into and live in 5 different places in 9 months time

      while simultaneously building a mill, a barn, and a house

  

*     you can move 3 complete households (yours, a daughter, a son) and 1 business

      in the dog days of June, July, and August

*     when everything you own is stored in boxes

      it's amazing how little 'stuff' you really need to live

*     that amidst the chaos, life continues on with celebrations of 

      a birth, an engagement, a pregnancy announcement, a graduation, and a funeral

*     that a 9 month un-anticipated hiatus from your work 

      can leave you renewed and eager to get back to it

It was a year of the un-anticipated, of patience and flexibility, of letting go 
and new beginnings.