Samain Closing Moon
Back home in Minnesota. There was enough time in the new house to get used to certain things like light switch locations, getting in and out of the garage (not connected to the house), fiddling with room-by-room heating and the wonderful canopy of stars at night. There was also enough time to begin to get a feel for the retail clusters nearby and what they have to offer.
Then, there were the mountains. Only enough time to drive around a bit, get used to curvy, all up or all down roads, some pitched at spectacular angles, look at the views. Not enough time to wander, walk in them, visit for hours. That time will come.
Driving into Denver, and what that will be like, I experienced three times, enough to get a feel for the distance, the various routes. My existing mental map of Denver has some solid foundations, but most of the metro is still unfamiliar to me.
With about six weeks before we move there are still many things to complete: our part of the packing, finalizing the painting contractor, stopping newspaper delivery and trash pickup, finding a person to connect our generator to the house, getting leads on firewood providers. And more, too.
We’ve worked along at a deliberate pace and finishing all this in six weeks is well within our ability. Not finished, not yet, but the end of getting ready is visible just up ahead.