Daily devotional

My daily devotional has been almost as therapeutic as a dip in the ocean.  Almost.  I've become addicted to hiking the Mines of Spain and, more recently, Swiss Valley, Pikes Peak, and Effigy Mounds.  The more time I spend at Mines of Spain, the more I think about buying a plot in Dubuque and locating one of the Kirkwood Sustainable Village dwellings there (I need to chat with the Kirkwood folks more about this).  More on the rendering for our fruit, vegetable, and sustainable homestead soon, but here's a peak at the Kirkwood Village in ideal form:

In keeping with the theme of less is more, if we are unable to acquire one of the Kirkwood dwellings, Melanie and I are looking into alternative structures such as pods or container homes.

In the meantime, I'm engaging in "buy nothing" (except food since we don't yet produce our own at the condo) behavior.  I'm several years behind our friends Heal and Maggie, but at least I'm finally realizing how little I truly need besides visits to the monarchs at Swiss Valley.

As for today and tomorrow, I spent the morning at the Iowa City Free Lunch Program preparing food and will now do meal service for the Dubuque Rescue Mission dinner.  Peace out, B.