It's very exciting...today Michael and I spoke to a woman who owns a garden here in Einbeck which has lain abandoned at least a decade. It's ownership is tied up in inheritance negotiations, but I can rent it from her for less than ten euros a month.
We went out there last weekend. It lies at a corner of private gardens, next to a field, and fronted by a river, with ducks. Something in my world turned on its axis as we waded and strolled across the piece of land. For one thing, it's somewhat large, triangular, rambling with overgrown blackberry brambles, mossy apple and cherry trees with mistletoe in them, clusters of snowdrops here and there, plus lots of scattered junk and garbage.
The energy of the land is lonely and out-of-sorts. At the back of the property, a small stone house beckoned. It is at least 100 years old and painted with green trim. It has two rooms and a work space out the back with a privy. The windows have been open for years, and neighbor cats have joyously pissed all around. Gosh--it needs work.
More later...
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