Home Sweet Home...

In my mind today, I thought of what I would do if all of a sudden I found myself in the possession of millions of dollars and it made me oddly hopeful for the first time in a while. Not because of my desire for material things. But because I realized that what I would buy with that money are the things that would put me deeply and securely in the folds of love and peace and community. And I don't need money for that. But just in case I stumble across those millions here is what I would buy:

I would buy a house big enough to hold the people I want to live in community with. With a farm and chickens so Kate can have fresh eggs and a porch where all of our best conversations could be had.

With at least 20 rooms for our guests because I want there to be an open door policy for people who need community. Which is everybody- so maybe more rooms.

With an art room and a quiet room and a music room (for the pots and pans and other things we need to make our kind of music). And a room with a lot of books. Walls lined with books and more books and then some more books. And a room to make prints so Nick Av can spread his art all over the world.

And a huge garden for the food we will make for our Love Feasts. With long tables and mismatched plates and cups and silverware. We would feed the hungry and show them that they weren't just missing out on food.

We would live together and raise our babies together and take care of each other and create a home radiating with things like love and peace and kindness. And we would make art and music together and use all the other gifts we have to enrich the lives of everyone around us.

I would get banjo lessons and learn to build furniture and write books and live life well. All at our big ol house with those beautiful people in my life.

Oh and there would be a lot of firefly catching. Because I'm really obsessed with fireflies.

So. While other people dream of cars and diamonds and things like that- I dream about our house. And I am grateful for the people that would fill it.