Hi Serena:
This may be a different situation to consider. I have an inherited estate to share in Maritime Canada. My plans for it are a camping-glamping venue along with permaculture food production. Eventually I'd like to find one or more specialized interest groups or niche markets. Perhaps deep healing retreats like what I imagine Esalon was although ive never been there and it was probably more upscale than where my comfort zone currently rests.
Another example might be contemplative practices or even bird watching. My personal favorite is DUP, Dances of Universal Peace, which is a sort of group laturgical chanting with simple interactive movement. Demand for it is currently limited, however.
One local consultant said I have moss that some people would pay $100 a night to sleep on. Indian Brook bisects the proprty and the old mill stands near the vintage farmhouse. Water sports are limited to simming, fishing, canoeing & of course, the beaches 6 minutes away. Another suggestion for my wetlands is to produce colored willow for weaving. Mother said that when she was a child an indigenous neighbor would sit by the little bridge and weave basketry. Perhaps you have ideas that will attract compatible hearts.
Mother moved here at age 6 and said it was like walking into paradise. She and her younger brother went straight into the brook and stayed wet all day through 3 changes of clothes. Summers are dry here so a child would have to go unconscious first in order to drown. Also the brook is right out the kitchen window. Two of the three bedrooms are empty and my contemplations have included a young child or two. Not likely to be my own although I'd make a much more patient parent than in my prime.
My status is ceremonialy , not legally, committed in a polyamorous sense, to a woman who turns 40 tomorrow. We talk a lot by phone since she is required to be living in AZ for the last three years due to her disability. A plan floats for her return in two or three years when she gets credentialed. I am pleased that we remain close at heart. I'm also pleased she feels well regarded in her new colony of eccentrics and with Bruce who holds stewardship of it. Over my years in Tucson i knew Bruce only as an interesting fellow that seemed too shy or too disinterested to converse. But now i love him deeply because of what i hear from Rebecca. He lives adjacent to another growing development of misfits where, by chance, my tiny home has been these last four years. I hope to spend time there annually.
I lived in Tucson for decades pursuing modern dance and theater and the day i realized my familial ties would call me away from my enchanted desert i pulled over in my vehicle to weep. That was well before meeting Rebecca in 2018. Polyamory is effortless at 71, as monogamy would be also i suppose. Every person is responsible to ask for what suits them and to accept only what cannot be changed. I am seeking an entrepreneurial partner more than a connubial one. That choice will, of course, be negotiated. And, Gawd Willing, renegotiated many times over many years.
I wish you well pursuing your dreams and your life wherever you like and to whatever dream you pursue. Please know that if your disposition matches your face i would be honored to stand with you shoulder to shoulder and pleased to see deeply into your eyes.
Sincerely
Joshua
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