It is mid June and today, part of this dream of living on my beloved island of Edisto is coming true. It is just after dawn and the days are luckily long. Today my little trailer, carrying my grill and my washing machine, is following me to the island. I have a tiny red roofed house waiting for me to serve as a closet, a wash room, and to hold my tools. The little garden was planted 10 days ago, and I pray my barricades and the rosemary will have held my deer at bay. How I dream for summer tomatoes. A new family will live in my house in Charlotte for a year, taking care of my cedar sided Belle Rive. Last night as I sat in exhaustion from days of packing, I thanked her for her care and asked her to surround this new young family with good, sweet days and nights of shelter.
This will be quite the adventure, these next months. This blog will document what it is like to live the slow life, without clothes dryer, without an oven. Right now, I do not even have hot water! My tankless hot water heater new fangled gadget is in the trailer. Son, E, magical man of skills, is traveling with me to 'hook us up'. Oh God, be on this journey with me. Tonight's moon should be bright. I am so deeply grateful for this journey.
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