I was born with crossed eyes. They were straightened out, and I ended up with vision and a half – my eyes are not in alignment. I had them operated on several times but was told the last time, when I was 25, that they would never be in alignment. I use one eye at a time to see, and I have no depth perception.

I wear glasses. I have noticed that my friends wear glasses. Is this a common thing?

This is my literal vision statement.

My figurative vision statement is this – I do have a figurative vision. I want to raise the funds and purchase the Eagle Hotel. I think I’d need to raise three million dollars. Two million for the purchase of the hotel and one million for operating costs. In order to achieve this vision, I need to get a staff for the BLBP so we can raise the funds. If you think about it, this isn’t that much. A new library is going to cost $15 million.

A vision should be collective. This makes fundraising easier on everyone and takes the pressure off single visionaries.

Joshua trimmng Hrimm's feet

That’s what I am – a visionary. I should write this down when on forms I’m asked about my employment status.

Joan of Arc was a visionary, and look at what happened to her. This was disgraceful. But she held to her vision to the end. She aligned herself with God, and this took some but not all the pressure off of her.

I am not aligning myself with God. I do at times think that given the current political climate, that I may someday face the equivalent of being burned at the stake unless I renounce the importance of the BLBP and the importance of books.

It’s hard doing what I’m doing because no one, absolutely no one who is involved with the BLBP is a visionary. Pete comes close, but he is not a visionary. He’s a man with a vision. The difference between the two terms is that a visionary is obsessive and a man with a vision is. . .well, I have to think more about the difference. Maybe it’s that the man with a vision isn’t as obsessive. Hard to say.

A visionary does not have a balanced life. It all revolves around one thing, which is achieving one’s objective. Today was a case in point.

I did ride Hrimmi today, this was after working on an online calendar; one that will let all the board members know what is going to happen in the months ahead. It took quite a bit of time to do – I knew it would, and this is why I didn’t want to do it.

Had a good ride. She did move out some.

After, Pete and I went to town, and I got the back room in order. We may have books coming to us from Fairbanks – the focus is Native culture. I also got the place in order, in general.

I came home, cleaned the horse pen, then this evening worked on sending out fundraising letters.

No one else appears to be doing any fundraising, so I am it. This, I realized, is the sort of thing a visionary does in their not so spare time.

Next: 62. 3/3/25: Walking a Tightrope