We spent the past week in Asheville, North Carolina where I lived for close to 5 years. We were staying with my friend family Jenna and Carleigh at their cute farm house. It was a treasure being there and feeling a deep sense of home, trust, and community while on the road. I still have such a strong connection to those Blue Ridge Mountains and some of my favorite people and plants that inhabit them. We also spent time at the Eco-village I used to live at an hour outside of town. It was great to be there and show Freddie what my life used to look like. Also, they are in the process of restructuring their community into neighborhood coops. I was excited to hear about this transformation and going to continue tracking their progress as they figure out a new, inspiring model. While we were in town, we made sure to get some delicious 12 bones barbecue, go to Catawba falls, ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway, eat and giggle (a lot) at the chocolate lounge, walk along the river, have a stretch party, play yahtzee (multiple times), have fun fancy beverages at crow and quill, watch the entire Beyonce video album, feast, and generally just have an amazing nourishing fun time all together. Below are some pics from our time there...
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| Carleigh, Eli and Freddie |
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| Carleigh and Eli at French Broad River |
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| Erica and Freddie |
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| Eli and the kiddos at Earthaven Ecovillage |
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| Mana and the family home at Earthaven Ecovillage |
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| Catawba Falls!!! |
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| Eli, Luka (Buba), and Max...I was shocked to see how much they have grown! |
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| Breakfast at Early Girl Eatery (Thanks Mom!) |
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| Chocolate Orgasm Cake with Hand Whipped Cream :-) |
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| Carleigh and Danielle <3 |
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| Freddie and Erica in Asheville |
We are in Durham now staying with Freddie's old friend Jessica Lee. It has been nice to be here and get to know her, including hear her play trumpet which I am hoping Freddie will post along with some of the music he played with Erica in Asheville. So good! Tomorrow we are heading to another friends place in Elfand who has a small queer land project...and then onto Virgnia!
Xo,
Eli
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