Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Monday, 06 April 2009: Good, hard work!

Ah... it feels good! I got on a roll today clearing up a section of the massive concrete portion of the farm yard. It was so satisfying! Partly because they had predicted lots of nasty rain all week and it turned out to only be windy with scattered bits of rain and I got to spend the whole day outside. Well, except when we came in to plant massive tons of seeds in little pots that we secured in little plastic baggie greenhouses... which was also fun. But I love to have things tidy, you know, and it feels better to look out the kitchen window now.

Beryl made some mighty fine popcorn as an evening treat, and the ubiquitous television brought us fascinating stories of intrigue and unrest while I casted about the net for more more more information, and generally socialized. I am feeling much more myself the last several days, energetic and curious and enthusiastic, after a little down-turn when I first arrived.

Founding Farmers is an excellent little restaurant in DC and they are planning a second location and looking for investors... so I learned about what it takes for a person to be considered and 'accredited investor'. It's not me. But I have been thinking of business models a lot lately, and I get these urges, you know. Well, it is nothing new, I have had a couple business schools on my list of possibilities for years.

Today I was invited by a friend of Beryl's form the Organic Centre to help at her 30-acre farm. I was just planning to stay here until I go to Norway, but it is a new spot and sounds like bustling family and they could really use some help with the goats and horses and it all sounds like too much fun to pass up - so I will be heading out to Co. Cavan come the weekend. Or perhaps after meeting up with some CSers for a god romp around the North.

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