It's Final, I Moved to Maine: the STUFF arrived

Unloading the STUFF at Penobscot storage.

The Uhaul was packed up at the shipping transfer station in southern Maine by Jasper's father, Evans. Thank you Evans.

And was unpacked in Downeast Maine by Jasper, inheritor of what these two men refer to as "the packing gene." Thank you, Jasper.

Now my stuff rests a while longer in storage waiting for me to find it a resting place. I can't wait to dig into that box I labeled, "SORT or DIE." Also, I'm anxious to crack open that box labeled "Broken Hard Drives," which is not to be confused with the box labeled "Well-Loved and Savable Hard Drives."

I should mention that I packed my stuff into storage in a one-week panic last March. I will not be held responsible for the contents of these boxes.

I've found a little house on 3.8 acres

I'm going to try to get it.




I've begun renovations in my mind.

I've started the garden.

I've retrofitted the whole thing to be autonomous.



I've harvested a year's worth of food.

I've built a studio and guest quarters.



I love I love I love this little spot.

Final Decisions Made: A New Life

Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles. Happy Year of the Ox!

As I write this all of my belongings are being driven across the country, from Los Angeles where they have been in storage since April 2007 to join me in Maine. It's nerve-wracking and thrilling, I finally committed to staying and trying to make a go of things here, perched on the edge of Penobscot Bay.

The purpose of this blog is to document what will have to be a radical reinvention of my life, how I live, how I make a living, whom I love, what I make and what I do. Around the world this seems to be a time of re-invention, innovation and reconsideration of things we once took for granted.

Happy New Year, happy Year of the Ox, welcome Barak Obama, welcome to the Age of Aquarius, welcome to a new life.

Welcome to Vagabond Hotel, a blog detailing the quest for a better life, perhaps even self-subsistence within 18 months (my semi-secret goal).

Exhibtion Achieved, Storage Next