Housesitting
This place is so beautiful. I wish that I could live here all the time, though I know that's not possible. The air is fresher, the water cleaner, the stars brighter than just about any place in the world I know.
Around every corner of the paths through the woods there is something to find. Mushrooms of various sizes and colors, beautiful flowers tucked into clearings. I found the skull of an opposum the other day.
Soon I have to leave. The cats deserve better. The chickens deserve better. If I lived here I could build them big warm buildings to live in. I could fix everything wrong. I cannot live here. There are too many feelings involved.
I don't know how often I'll be out once we're back in an apartment, in a city. People everywhere and no trees. But I want to be a part of this life. I want to go to the big park nearby and take hikes. I want to plan projects and write maybe even.
I don't want to fade away and be forgotten.
-Ronnie