Are there any other visionaries out there besides me? I often wonder this. I see people do remarkable things – things that maybe aren’t that remarkable, like start their own businesses. My hairdresser Betty is one such person. She got her own shop going. So did one of the women who worked with her. A hairdressing shop – there is a lot to it, I am sure.

And on a much grander scale, there was this fellow who purchased a zoo in England. He wrote a book about this and called it, “Honey I bought a Zoo.”

There are so many things people with a vision have done, just so many things.

The Bright Lights Book Project began with my grabbing a few boxes of books and finding people to take those books. Others thought that this was a good idea, and this was key. Everyone loves the idea of our getting books into the hands of appreciative readers. Well, there are a few detractors, people themselves who have no respect or admiration for those who are visionaries.

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I do have the vision of doing a lengthy horse pack trip. But this has not come to be. It may still, but it is going to have to happen soon because Raudi is now in her third decade. I was reminded of this vision when I rode her today. I relied on my centered riding training, and she responded fairly well. We can still do a long trip, of this I am sure.

I wrote a few months ago about my envisioning the Bright Lights Book Project taking on the Eagle Hotel. I then wrote about how Pete and Robert took to this idea. Pete, not at first, that is not until he saw that it would be a revenue generator. As I thought, anything, anything at all to not have to move all those books again. My feelings are akin to looking tonight at the manure buckets outside the enclosure and realizing that I don’t have the energy to empty them into the compost station.

Pete is too practical to be a visionary. He’s also not a risk taker. So his mulling over this idea means that he’s looking to the future and thinking about what we might do when our 18 month lease runs out. We are considering all options. And it’s fun to speculate.

There has been a lot of talk about purchasing land and constructing a combined literacy/book distribution center. My problem is that I cannot think three dimensionally. And because I can’t picture this, it isn’t going to come to be. If I had depth perception, it would be otherwise.

I find that envisioning what might come to be is more pleasant pastime than getting wrapped up in other people’s dramas. Drama is interesting, I cannot deny this. But it goes nowhere. Issues get resolved, no matter what side of the fence you are on. And me, I am usually on the wrong side of the fence.

I’m going to get another Icelandic horse and name him/her Dreamer / Dreymandi.

Next: 285. 10/17/23: Mum’s the Word