Today, I walked into the living room and very excitedly asked my daughter and sister in law what name I should call my new blog. The place where I want to record our adventures, mistakes and experiences in the new path I have chosen. They both agreed: "That crazy lady" would be the perfect name for my blog. Alas, it was taken. So, I have decided on another.
I will attempt to make "StellaArbelaez" in Blogger my main method of communication with my friends, family and others who care to know what I am up to and how I am going about attaining my long desired goal of living a life closer to nature, self sufficiency and tranquility. For a while now, I have had a deeply rooted desire to stop wondering this beautiful world of ours and let mother nature show me how to be me again. How to be happy with less, cherish the ground I have under my feet and allow my inner self to express herself in whatever ways she sees fit to be happy. I need space, sky and earth.
I need to live in a place where people don't go to prison for collecting rainwater or for using solar energy. I need to become part of a community that values home grown food, recycles creatively, is fiercely independent, works with the seasons to thrive and lives in harmony with the land. For the moment being, I need to have access to cultural events, a job, institutions of higher learning and a small, solid, flexible and dynamic public school district that not only welcomes but also encourages homeschool (and all) students to flourish within it if they choose to attend school. I need to provide my only daughter with the opportunity to be known by her name and not just a number within a school. For her sake, I need to have easier access to my ex-husband's family and help her feel uniquely valued. In a world where plastic toys, media, cellphones, product placement and commercialism rule most everyone's life, I feel the need to hide in the country (actually, outskirts of a smallish city) in order to make all those things happen.
I will attempt to make "StellaArbelaez" in Blogger my main method of communication with my friends, family and others who care to know what I am up to and how I am going about attaining my long desired goal of living a life closer to nature, self sufficiency and tranquility. For a while now, I have had a deeply rooted desire to stop wondering this beautiful world of ours and let mother nature show me how to be me again. How to be happy with less, cherish the ground I have under my feet and allow my inner self to express herself in whatever ways she sees fit to be happy. I need space, sky and earth.
I need to live in a place where people don't go to prison for collecting rainwater or for using solar energy. I need to become part of a community that values home grown food, recycles creatively, is fiercely independent, works with the seasons to thrive and lives in harmony with the land. For the moment being, I need to have access to cultural events, a job, institutions of higher learning and a small, solid, flexible and dynamic public school district that not only welcomes but also encourages homeschool (and all) students to flourish within it if they choose to attend school. I need to provide my only daughter with the opportunity to be known by her name and not just a number within a school. For her sake, I need to have easier access to my ex-husband's family and help her feel uniquely valued. In a world where plastic toys, media, cellphones, product placement and commercialism rule most everyone's life, I feel the need to hide in the country (actually, outskirts of a smallish city) in order to make all those things happen.
So, I'm jumping in with both feet, holding my breath and closing my eyes in preparation for the huge splash. I am leaving Florida and relocating to Arkansas within a week. I have purchased a 1/2 acre of "raw" land to homestead in Faulkner county. First in the agenda: bush hogging! My most inmediate goal is to have a small dwelling sitting in this land within 6 weeks and by the time my daughter comes back from visiting her father in Los Angeles. Wish me luck!
3 comments:
Sounds exciting! I wish the best for you! Please get ahold of me, I'd love to meet up with you before you leave!
Oooohhhh... Can I have a tree house as my guest room? 😊 although my idea of roughing it & your version are a little different 😹😹😹. Be happy! 😝 it's in Arkansas , xoxo
Best of luck to you and Laura! I look forward to reading about your adventures!
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