The Paths We Take

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying...Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. ~Pope Paul VI

 I have made mistakes, stumbled down the wrong path only to come crawling back again. Now I am finding contentment in the simple things in life. Fluffy chickens in the yard, a garden full of fruit and veggies, snugly dogs sleeping at my feet while I write. I am a person trying hard not to let the mistakes of my past dominate my future. I am not where I thought I would be at this age, but I think I am right where I need to be.



For many years I have been an avid blog reader, my bookmarks is filled with links to blogs on various subjects. Recently the Wanderer has introduced me to the world of Podcasts. The motivation for this blog came from the changes the Wanderer and I have been going though, the journey we have chose to be on.

I am creative and crafty, don't be surprised if you see an occasional craft project pop up on this page. I love to cook, and bake, expect recipes. I live for a good roadtrip, expect adventures.





~The Wonderful

Serendipity, or ways we change over time.

When you wake up, and everything has changed.

You know, if current me ran into a wayward futuristic time traveller, and time traveled to 2005 and told old me "Hey, you know something, you will WANT to garden, you will WANT to raise chickens, you will WANT to live off the land..."  I would have laughed at that version of me.  

Until recently (last 3-4 years) I could have cared less about my impact on this world.  I could have cared less if a crew would have came in and clear cut the forest behind my house.  Or that I feel it was perfectly normal to hop in a vehicle and drive 20 minutes each direction to get food.  I would have thought it ludicrous to want to sit outside around a fire at night, lay in a hammock by day.

I would have not appreciated the hard work involved in taking a seed, water it daily if it was dry, and working it to harvest.  I know I could have did better with that garden this year.  Two surgeries based on my former lifestyle proved to be a major hinderance.  If you would have told me after reading all the books on raising chickens, I could somehow keep 10 chicks alive until maturity... Oh what a year it's been.

Hello,  I am just a Wanderer.  A Wanderer of the world, a Wanderer of life, a Wanderer in the most literal sense.  I am in the middle of a life changing transition.  I'm working to get healthy.  I am working for a change.  In my life.  In your life.  In the world.  We take life too seriously, to sit back and enjoy WHAT we have.  Whether you believe in a higher being, deity, power, or subscribe to a host of other theories... You cannot deny, even the plainest things on earth, have an inherent beauty to it.  I hope to show you this blog, and be able to look back upon these works myself when I am older, a journey through life.  A journey of discovery.  I love to cook, I love to grow (gardening, planting, mentally, and skills), and love to create.

The Wanderer is how I shall be known.  Because honestly, that's all I am.