Memphis Democrat March 21, 2001

Day to Day Life
Memphis Democrat Column -- Jacob's Travel Logs

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Its been a busy week. Even though there's a chill in the air, it feels like Spring. We've had our first harvest of spinach and lettuce from the cold frames. Don has been busy with the seedlings and a bunch of flowers have come up that he's planted to dry and braid into the garlic he's growing this summer.

The weather has been spotty but that didn't stop Roger and Lisa, our new part-time residents and builders. They got right onto Skyhouse, took off the temporary roof and built the first bent for the second story. All of a sudden, our landscape has changed! But then after two days of hard work the wind and rain drove them off the building site. We're glad to have them here, though we're sorry they had to experience so soon the common rite of passage here, getting stuck in the mud. Thankfully, Curvin heard all the noise and came by to pull them out with the tractor.

We've had lots of arrivals this week. Jess, now going as Sol, returned home from her trip to the East Coast to see family and friends. Brad, who is a trained architect, has come to be a resident for a few months and get some hands on construction experience. He went to college with me and some others. He just returned from a several month trip through Central America and has interesting stories to share. Tamar, who was an intern last year, finished with her job doing wolf tracking and has returned here for at least a few months. She brought her faithful companion, Maya. Baloo is happy to have another dog to play with. Michal, now known as Cedar, has moved over here from Sandhill to begin his membership.

We also had a visitor named Shelley from St. James, MO. She could only stay a few days but she brought us a case of wine that is from a local winery there that we have been enjoying. Our old friend Dave Hauri is a professor at Drake University in Des Moines and brought 5 students from his class to visit us for two days. They accompanied Cecil to the fire department dinner in Rutledge. They also helped us shovel gravel and mulch paths. And then we played a rollicking game of cards, one where you make up rules throughout the game, late into the night.

Four generations of Boyd Croley's family, including some from Springfield, showed up in three carloads one afternoon. They have been reading our column and came by to ask after our maple syrup. But, we like to eat every drop we make.

Two carloads of us went to see Thirteen Days at the Memphis theater. Many thought-provoking discussions followed about history, movie-making and United States foreign policy.

Bob Hunolt and I went to an herb class down south about 45 minutes, taught by Deborah Lee, a woman who teaches and practices natural healing in Quincy. I met many lovely women there from all over northeast Missouri. On the way we stopped at the Funeral Chapel in Edina to pay our respects to Irvin Johnston. I did not know him well but have heard him tell stories about the old days and the things he collected. I'm sorry I never got up to see his collection in person. Its a great loss to the Rutledge community.

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