Hi Stu and Mags,
My husband Joe and I are also starting a new chapter in our lives. We are transitioning, having recently woken up to the fact that we want more out of our lives than cookie cutter IT jobs and all of the stuff that goes along with that. We stopped watching television, started meditating, started reading more and exploring our interests - Sepp Holzer is amazing! LOL! It is still cloudy at this point, but we have generally decided that we'd like to buy some land or find a community somewhere. Our goal is to design a homestead/farm with permaculture, sustainable energy technologies, etc... but we have a heck of a lot to learn. We also don't know anyone with these goals personally, so we feel isolated. We've been on multiple cross-country road trips, and we think we like the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. We are renting in Staunton, VA and looking at real estate.
If you'd like to chat to see if our goals overlap, shoot me an email:
rebekah.hill@gmail.com
Best!
-Rebekah