One of the best ways to care for our Good Mother is to repurpose things. Finding new and sometimes better uses for what might otherwise be discarded or disregarded. I feel a particularly deep connection with that.
It might take a little effort and imagination, but the results can be truly something special. Vision is rarely disappointing when coupled with hard work. A good credo to live by.
I spent yesterday digging out old landscaping bricks from several beds that had been host to dead pine trees. Good hard labour.
These and more will be the foundation for a sweet fire pit and circular garden. They might be old and in need of a good washing but still have plenty of life left in them.
We’ve been amassing quite the burn pile. Not everything is salvageable. Part of being a visionary is knowing what is past its use and moving forward without. We’re planning a hell of a bonfire along with a live band and some of the best home cooking you could ever sprinkle Tabasco Sauce on. Symbolic in that it will signify the end of the old and the beginning of the new.
The old barn was built in the 1930s. It still has Good Bones. There is tremendous potential in the aged structure, you just have to look deep to see it.
Its not only the land and the buildings that are being repurposed. I’m getting a clearer picture of my own future as well.
I read a blurb and followed a link over on Ndorfnz about streak runners. Mark Covert is retiring his streak at 45 years. I have a feeling he still has much to contribute while on the Good Side.
The accompanying link yielded what I already knew. One of my Terlingua Track Club mates currently resides at #6 on the U.S. all time list. Alex Galbraith, age 62 is an attorney in Houston. He helped me get the Brazosport Area Road Runners established back in the 90s. He is also fluent in Russian and was my go to guy when recruiting Soviet elites for a couple of my races (i.e. Leonid Shetsov, 2:12 marathoner). Alex’s streak began on December 22, 1971. He hasn’t missed a day in nearly 41.5 years. He will move up to #5 after Mark’s retirement. Simply amazing.
Alex Galbraith, 2nd from the right (#45 holding a camera), circa 1993. He had already been running 21 years at that point. Who’s that familiar and handsome fella on the far right in the shades?
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