500 Saturdays: Nomad Diary

  Darrell and sister-in-law Phoebe hanging a brighter light fixture.  Darrell showing the brighter lights at Glenn’s house. Saturday. 21. At Kingsport, Tenn at Glenn and Phoebe’s new house until Monday. This house is new to them since they decided to sell their house in Athens, Alabama and move to this town. They closed on this house on January 6th. They are still unpacking and getting settled by discovering all sorts of home owner issues here. So much of this discovery is about making this house comfortable and useful for their needs. Glenn works remote and has his office set up in a room on the hall. Today Darrell is rewiring a light fixture and hanging it in the front foyer. Besides the rewiring, Phoebe had to find extra decorative chain and then paint it to match!  Phoebe found this light and two others at the ReStore donation center. Darrell has also been helping with shopping and getting small items of repair taken care of while we are here. Phoebe making pizzas on ...

  Darrell at the Indian Creek walkway bridge. View at Indian Creek with a Frisbee Golf flag and basket. Saturday. 14. I began taking a clove of fresh garlic on an empty stomach. I’ve decided that the Italians have been making condiments for healthy living for centuries! Italian dressing with extra virgin olive oil, fresh garlic, vinegar, and herbs! Also pesto! These old, old recipes are not from just tasting good, but from hard earned living with dependence on crops and our connection to the soil. So, in this spirit of living a healthier life for myself, I’m trying out some extra garlic!  Of course we have morning exercise. A nice phone call with our kids in Maine. Darrell had a call with his mother and I with my friend Laura. We meet our sons Wes and Samuel at 11 am at a brunch restaurant as our mark of our last Saturday here for a few months. We took a long walk at Indian Creek walkway. When we lived in Madison, we walked this pathway often! Darrell worked near here and walk...