Severing the lifeline connecting me to society

I have lived on a commune called Twin Oaks for the past year, and I am feeling a growing need to get the hell out of here.  I didn’t always hate it here; I loved it when I first came; and I don’t regret coming here at all.  I have learned more in this past year than I probably have in any other year of my life, and moving here was a tremendous step forward, for me.  I guess I’m just not getting anything out of living here, any more.  And I need to move on.

After I leave Twin Oaks, I plan on WWOOFing at a farm about a half-hour away from here.  I’ll stay there for about a month, and then I’ll probably either come back to Twin Oaks and stay as a guest, for awhile, or WWOOF on another farm in the area.

I hope to stay in central Virginia through late August.  Then, my girlfriend and me are going to hitchhike to Albany, New York and take a weekend intensive course in Urban Sustainability called “R.U.S.T.” (Radical Urban Sustainability Training).  From there, plans are less certain.  We hope to hitchhike across the country, WWOOFing on farms along the way.  We have several places we want to go, on our adventure, but no one set destination.  And, after our adventure is over, I have no idea where my life is going to take me.

In other news, I’ve been trying to make fire these past few days by using a bow drill.  I’ve successfully made a lot of smoke, and I have burned several holes in the slab of wood that I’m working with.  Still no fire, though…  Hopefully I’ll get it soon…

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