If we don't write our lives down we can only rely on our memory and the memory of those that we have shared with to recall the things that have shaped our world. Unfortunately memories fade but it's this information from our past that becomes the most important key to our future. Written words not only provide us with a map from yesterday to today, but they also create a form of eternal life. A way to live forever. I realized this when I read Thoreau's "Walden Pond" years ago. I brought this wonderful man back to life as I read his words. Just as if he was speaking to me I listened and changed my life. Written words are even more everlasting than spoken.

With that, I've decided to blog some of our experiences since we made this wonderful place our home. Josh and I invite you to join us in the journey of discovering and living our dream to the fullest. This journal will be a potpourri of some of these moments, some of our good days, some bad days, with a dash of humor and topped with an occasional random reflecting thought and insight. The inspiration for this page was delivered by the musings of a close friend to whom I both admire and respect greatly. It was her clever words that replanted the seed of creativity that had lied dormant within me for far too long. To her and Thoreau, I give my heartfelt thanks.

So pull up a comfy chair, a cup of herbal tea, and join us at the farm to share our experiences.