You're a better woman than I am, Amelia, and only half my age! An Herbalist award? I'm lucky if a lavender plant survives the winter. I've yet to make tea out of my echinacea. Tried it with my bergamot (ugh!), only to find out this is NOT the plant Earl Gray tea comes from. I've crushed my mint for mint juleps, but what a lot of work it was, and though I love to entertain (colorful flowers frozen in ice cubes; nasturtium blossoms adorning a salad bowl), it's always hard to motivate people to come to my door, even with the bribe of beer and free food. Live music (chataqua, anyone?), book talk ("Sapiens" sounds great!), Scrabble or Settlers of Catan, movie night, I just gave up. My own sisters won't hang out with me. We have seven acres and a house that is not minimalist. (Too many square feet.) My husband built a cabin in the timber behind our house, 10 by 12 feet, with electricity (but not indoor plumbing nor even an outhouse), and still, people are "too busy" or too indisposed. Mostly everyone just lives "too far away" to get to us. :(
I love your minimalist and organic, natural lifestyle, Amelia!
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Are you kidding! I would totally come hang out. When our slow rolling home is on its voyage, I would love to drop by for Scrabble and live music, and all those acres. And flowers frozen into ice cubes? Sounds like perfection. I may just do that at home.
You would be most welcome here. I used to cook for construction workers. My door is still open, but our driveway is so long, and so far from the heart of town, even my native prairie flowers (the length of a football field!) do not attract visitors.