A few days ago a new and wonderful thing happened. With the help of our good friend and neighbor we managed to replace the thermostat in our old beater truck. Now it's true that I took a short course in auto mechanics when I was 15, living down at 24th & Mission in San Francisco, it seemed like the thing to do to help build my general toughness persona. I also really love cars. The funny thing is, it took us almost a month to finally get around to trying our hands at doing this simple task ourselves.
This story will always have a moral in it somewhere, this is after all, a blog about my life and the fact of the matter is, this is how I think. With every new adventure I am ready to have my perspective changed, to learn something new about myself, my world, or both. At the same time. This adventure in basic machinery reminded me that it can be quite a blessing to be able to do manual labour for your own benefit. In a world where things are made and mended by others or perhaps by the capable persons independently taking care of themselves, we have very few opportunities to feel the satisfaction that can only come from seeing a project through to completion by the sweat of our own brow. Yet another reason I bless my days out on Jubilee CSA Farm.
UPDATE: how odd, speaking of stranger things being known to happen and coincidences.....in searching for the link to post for Jubilee Farm here in WA, I came across Jubilee Farms in Kansas which is a non-profit dedicated to teaching sustainable farming practices to people in where else....Africa......might be time to send an email.....
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