The decade comes together
The last three years of
the decade, we got the farm running and I learned to garden. I've
always been torn in several directions --- between art and writing on
one hand and biology on the other. The farm --- and this blog ---
turned out to be the junction of the two fields, letting me create
beauty and play with plants all at once.
After moving to the farm, I first worked
as a part-time professor at a local college, then as an employee at a
non-profit organization. Both of these jobs were fun in parts but
also
stressful. Only last year did we reach what had been Mark's dream
all
decade --- such a simplicity of needs and diversification of income
sources that we could both quit our jobs and work for
ourselves.
Meanwhile, Mark and I
grew together in delightful ways. Every day seemed (and still
seems)
to be better than the last, and his kisses still make me weak at the
knees. In December 2008, we finally decided to get legal, so we went
to the courthouse and got hitched. Last year, we celebrated
with our family and friends with a
picnic at the park.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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