Updates and Yearly Summaries – Learning To Live And Love God's Way

Making a Home in Southern Appalachia

In my last post, I wrote about my departure from Arizona and my landing, after 1700 miles, in North Carolina. The worst of that adventure was traversing the gauntlet of the “Tail of the Dragon,” which, if you are coming from the West, presents itself like some kind of an initiation if you want to live in North Carolina, an initiation to prove you can handle what is yet to come, starting with the physical challenge of the curvy, steep, and narrow roads that are common to this area. I managed to pass that part of the test but didn’t realize at the time that this was a foreshadow of other kinds of challenges yet to come. Facing and feeling my terrors was going to be a regular theme in the coming months.

Update February, 2024

I think this is a good time for an update on what has been going on for me in addition to what I shared in last month’s post.

2018 Summary

On the emotional front:

Whereas most of 2017 was spent battling a well-established habit of self-judgement as a way to avoid really facing the essential course-correcting feedback I received from Jesus and Mary in late 2016, this year was a little better. Continue reading “2018 Summary”

2017 Summary

I have been intending to write a 2017 summary for some time now, but kept putting my time and attentions elsewhere. One thing about Arizona spring weather is that we get several days at a time when the wind blows hard enough that one does not want to go outside. This is one of those days, so it is a good time to write. Continue reading “2017 Summary”

A Year Of Truth And Following Desires

Last June (2015), I was living in Geyserville, California, and I had just broken up from a relationship and wasn’t sure what to do with my life or where to go. So when I happened to visit a community called Isis Oasis to see about temporary housing, and found that they were looking for help in exchange for a place to live, I could feel that it would be a good experience for me. Continue reading “A Year Of Truth And Following Desires”