Divinely Crafty

I can hardly believe what has come across our path. It is waaaaaay too soon to begin thinking that it is by any means a done deal, but OMG….

The past couple weeks there has been a guest student in Axel’s classes. (Biodynamic Agriculture http://www.emerson.org.uk/ ) He has a vineyard and a full farm in Northern Italy, and wanted to come and learn a bit more about BD with an eye on doing the whole program in a few years. Axel’s (and mine) dream is to have a BD vineyard, so needless to say we were thrilled with the opportunity to meet him and establish a relationship. He invited us to come to his land anytime we want to go camping. They have a huge property – over 25 hectares (roughly 70 acres) in Northern Italy with a vineyard, animals, forest, pond… it sounds like a slice of heaven. I can hardly wait for summer to arrive so we can go and camp there.

Well, if the invite to come visit anytime we wanted wasn’t enough – Axel and I were at the pub with him last night and more or less joking (in that serious kind of way) he says to the guy “so- you need someone to manage your vineyard in a couple years?” And with a total straight face, and as discussion that followed confirmed his response, he says “That would be perfect!” They spent quite a long time then talking about families (he is a couple years younger than Axel and has 3 young children) and travels and this and that. When it came time for us to go home he says to us that he is looking forward to us visiting and looking to the future when we could come and work/live at the vineyard!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, the pragmatist in me knows that there is a lifetime and a million details between a conversation at a pub and sealing the deal. But wow – just knowing that this sort of thing can literally cross your path at any moment is exhilarating. A few weeks ago we could never have guessed that this connection would be made. But there it is. Who knows what will happen with it? That is not what is important. Just being reminded that you literally never know what lies around the next corner is wonderful enough. Life is amazing!