Movin' on again

Okay, so this isn't the last post. I've just been in a bit of a mood in the last couple of days. Thinking about coming home and packing up is hanging like a cloud.

On top of that, the next bunch of people have moved into the big house and I'm not feeling comfortable in the coach house anymore -- no direct conflict with me but they are British friends of the guy who owns this place and they are bitchy because they thought they were going to be staying in the coach house too. They are dripping with attitude and I don't want to get to know them any better than I do now.

My friend Simone, who has furnished this place and fixed it up for the owner because she thought he was her friend is ready to take all her furniture back and let them stay in an empty house. The owner had agreed, in exchange for her work, she could offer the place to family and friends and now it seems that the part he didn't say was "but I could kick them out at any time". Simone is a good person and she's been going through hell trying to keep everybody happy. And this is just the latest in a long line of situations like this.

So I'll be at Simone and Tim's until Sunday, then on to Halifax where I have a gig to help someone with a radio documentary. I'll be pitching my tent right beside the ocean and Ursula and I will have a good time exploring another part of the province. Whether I start coming home on Wednesday or come back to Bear River to say goodbye to friends here and Cyndy in Greenwood, I don't know.

It's on to the next thing -- it has been a wonderful time. This latest wrinkle is just an annoyance and my overall feeling as I prepare to leave here is one of gratitude for the many blessings I have received. And wow, the story I could (and likely will) write -- full of eccentric people, battles between social classes, spiritual revelations, conflict of values between rich people from away and poor people from here, treachery .. it is all here. The only thing missing is a good love/lust story thread.

It has been a rich experience indeed.

Now time to clean the coach house so I don't give the away folks stories about how unclean these colonials are. If anybody needs to call, I will be here until noon or 1 pm Eastern time.