A couple of weeks ago I attended the NOFA-NY winter conference in Saratoga Springs, NY. I had a great time getting to meet farmers and industry folk, and I am looking forward to maintaining the connections I made. I love traveling, although lately it seems I’m doing less and less of that and I hope to change that very soon as there are a number of conferences I’d like to attend and blog about over here.

The thing I’m finding I hate most about traveling these days is: Returning home.

I can’t seem to shake it.

In the past three years whether overseas or interstate, a weeklong or weekend trip, coming home has been painful. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Brooklyn and never imagined that I’d be living any place else. But lately, the city seems more dull and drab with and I haven’t been inspired by much going on in my tribes. I’m feeling like we’ve reached the saturation point.

Or I’ve reached the saturation point.

I’ll be accountable and admit it might just be me.

And after my nine month stint in the country last year, as long as I had high-speed internet access (check), decent food options (check) and reliable transportation (half-check), I realized that home is wherever I am and I could live without the trappings of a big city life.

I witnessed a very negative experience on the subway ride home from the conference, of which I won’t go into here, but it has been just one more reason to give me impetus to brainstorm a new living situation that allows me to choose when and how I want to experience the city.

I still want a place to call my own here in Brooklyn, preferably in the neighborhood I grew up in so that I can continue the legacy of my family in Brooklyn (I am 19 years shy of being able to say that my family history in Brooklyn goes back 100 years), so I’ll be working on permanent digs here while I figure out my next move.

The good news is that I won’t be doing it alone. I’ve managed to break my own personal record in staying committed, at least to another human being, by reaching my four-year anniversary with my significant other this week, and a biodynamic homestead project is in the works for us. I don’t have the specifics yet and there are still a ton of things to work out, like finding an affordable property within an hour of J’s work, a couple to grow the homestead with so that I’m not alone and have time to focus on my other projects, and a few farmraising efforts so that we don’t go completely broke aspiring to a self-sufficient livelihood.

I’m also setting a few goals to get me through the rest of this colder, snowier, and icier winter, the main contributor to my self-diagnosed Seasonal Affective Disorder, like updating this blog more regularly with what I’ve been up to and what I’m working on.

I hope all has been well and good with you.

What have I missed?

What have you been up to?