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#3cccJournal2TwittBook FRIDAY FEB. 16: Some things which didn’t get put on the tape of Earth Rider Farms: Burton was reluctant to 0126

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..talk about where his money came from. Since age 21 he’s received a yearly inheritance. He’s been hassled by 0127

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..immigration since several months following his arrival, and so have a number of others in Yarmouth County. 0128

#3cccJournal2TwittBook Seems to be more pressure there then Bear River, which is outside Yarmouth County. Earth Life Farms people were 0129

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..thrown out of Canada and they had a crafts workshop going. One interesting concept was exemplified in passing 0130

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..around a large burl that was to be carved into a bowl. Five to seven people have worked on it so far. One cut 0131

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..it from the tree, then it was passed from person to person, farm to farm, each person adding their own 0132

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..vibrations and carving technique (or lack thereof). I left Burton’s on Wednesday with Greg, who was returning 0133

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..to Bear River. I figured I would hitch a ride from there the following day, to find out if we could use Lynn & 0134

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Judy’s van. Stayed at Bryan’s Hotel in Bear River. He made $1000 last year from the 18 usable rooms; 8 others 0135

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and a side wing are beyond repair. He’s opening a health food store too, on the ground floor of his hotel, and 0136

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..in the process has drawn locals into healthier foods. The whole area around Bear River seems to promote a 0137

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..natural high. Some people were given 35 acres and a house free of rent for 3 years; a farm bought last week 0138

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..for $500, which included 69 acres a house and barn.  Another couple bought 75 acres with buildings for $1,500. 0139

#3cccJournal2TwittBook My night at the hotel was kind of magical.  Bryan took me to a window that overlooked the rolling hills and 0140

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..narrow streets weaving among large old Victorian homes. Bryan gave me a little tour and some history, telling 0141

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..me they call Bear River the “Little Switzerland of Nova Scotia”. It was like looking through a window to 0142

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..bygone days, a town frozen in time. TUESDAY FEB. 20: Spent the weekend at Judy & Lynn’s. Robert & Elizabeth 0143

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..met me there. We were unable to get the use of Lynn’s vehicle but we’re still traveling on faith. Called Peter 0144

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Ripple, the woodworker who offered assistance in any way possible.  No luck. His life has completely turned a 0145

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..space of six weeks. His is selling house and equipment because his wife left. Lots of changes. At Curtis’s, 0146

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Judy was dissatisfied after their return from British Columbia. They came back during a cold snap, have been 0147

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..unable to warm part of their house and have money hassles. It’s working out now but they really want someone 0148

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..else there. A couple is coming in the summer. Nice exchanges happening. Judy is distributor for Snuglies 0149

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..(a cloth baby carrier) and wants to be a labor coach for pregnant women, assisting in deliveries so she can 0150

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..gain enough experience to qualify as a rural midwife. Learned of a 5 bedroom country house and barn renting 0151

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..for $50 in Torbotvale. Bonnie, a friend of Roberts used to live there. We stayed one night at her place in 0152

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Her fat entrepreneur landlord freaked out and said we couldn’t stay any longer. Had a 0153

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..good interview at Curtis’s after a slow start, but unbeknownst to me the tape ran out half way through the 0154

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..interview. Robert and I had a good talk. He gave me his perceptions and said I was gaining in my ability to 0155

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..interview. I’m not so sure. I was aware of directing more questions at Judy, because her answers were softer 0156

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and more flowing, whereas Lynn’s answers were dry and inflexible. But I did notice that most of the interview 0157

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..was directed on a subliminal level, where I felt I was no longer directing the interview. Very symbolic of how 0158

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..my life is moving now. I was particularly impressed by Robert’s prose. He read a story he wrote, about an old 0159

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..woman they met. Elizabeth helps to keep things high and moving as her enthusiasm mounts – slow and steadfast 0160

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..she is. And the kids are good for keeping us on our toes, confronting us with reflections of inner needs. Lots 0161

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..of growing; good family feeling emerging; spiritual awakenings. Would be really great if Kris and Amy joined 0162

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..us but I am not sure if Kris will ever want to try living with me again. We’re waiting for her and Amy to get 0163

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..back from a sleigh ride now. Nervous expectations. How I long to join forces with them again. 0164

#3cccJournal2TwittBook THURSDAY FEB. 22: Spent Tuesday night at Kris & Jan’s.  They went out to dinner and we went to visit Penick’s 0165 

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..in Canning. However, the Penick’s went to bed early so we went back to Kris & Jan’s. The next day I asked Kris 0166

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..is she ever thinks about getting back together.  She said “Yes”, but knows it wouldn’t work because of our 0167

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..personalities. I also asked if she ever thinks about forming a spiritual commune like the one I started and 0168

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..she said, “Yes, often”. She would even join ours, supposedly, but I can’t understand how she thinks Jan would 0169

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..fit in. He’s very negative about the spirit and his habits are many. Amy was beautiful – really glad to see 0170

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..her. How I wish to relate to her as a dad again. I took Amy to the Day Care Center and when I was leaving she 0171

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..cried.  I went to the car and cried too. I soon realized she left her necklace so I went back in to give it to 0172

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..her and she asked, “Why are you crying”.  I said, “I think for the same reason you are, because I love you and 0173

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..miss you and would like to be with you and Kris again”.  Amy then said she was crying for the same reason. 0174

#3cccJournal2TwittBook FRIDAY FEB. 23: Robert & Elizabeth helped tremendously in analyzing the situation. They believe Kris enjoys 0175

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..playing the coy bird.  Really makes sense when I think about the number of times she told me how pretty she 0176

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..thinks this guy is down the road and why she seems to place so much emphasis on such a transient quality. The 0177

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..guy is younger and into meat and seems to fit into Kris’s life about as well as Jan. Interviewing the Penicks 0178

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..at the Day Care Center was a real mind blow. They grow organically but the concept doesn’t seem to relate to 0179

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..the rest of their life. Into a nuclear family trip. She wears hose and make up and shaves her legs and they 0180

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..both were very reluctant to put us up for a few nights when I related our predicament (we were thrown out of 0181

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Burton & Bonnie’s). On Wednesday night (21st) we stayed near Aylesford at Bill Anderson’s & Mike Smith’s. Bill 0182

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..was there with his woman, Patricia Miffin. Seemed their main purpose in life was to constantly reflect on the 0183

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..absurdity of it all. Very unstructured scene – large 6 bedroom, 2 bath, oil and wood heated house with 2-15 0184

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..people living there off and on. Wood gathered wet and green, only as needed, and cut with axe and hand saw. 0185

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Bill was in a spaced out, listless mood (maybe assisted by his eye infection) and lots of dope smoking. But 0186

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