Rambling the evening away

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be in a different life? I do. Don't get me wrong I love my life with my husband and kids. We chose to be here in the city. It's a great place for our family. But then there is the other me.
There are moments where I yearn for the simple life. What I mean by that is not that I want to sit around all day eating bon bons and asking my maid to do the laundry. No. What I mean is the days where life in general was waking up to the sound of a rooster, working a farm ( pestacide free), canning my own food living on a family homestead and working your land. Well basically the life before most of the major technological advances we all love today. I know I sound like a hypocrite as I sit here on my laptop with the TV on but I still dream of having the little organic farm on a hill with a couple cows and maybe a few sheep. You don't just come to the conclusion about wanting to live on a farm for no reason. This all stemmed from experiences my husband and I had on an organic farm a few summers in a row.
We had the absolute delight and pleasure to work on a wonderful little farm 2 summers in a row. We loved it. We hand planted crops in march and got to see them in our dinner a few months later. We got dirty and our muscles ached at then end of our days. But we loved it. We learned so much working with the farmer and his wife. Mr. Phillips* was a character! He was an ex-marine, with a keen mind, he was a wealth of knowledge and had quite a whit. He and his wife Caryn would take in anyone willing to listen and help. Caryn taught me all about raising chickens, canning and growing seeds. Mr. Phillips taught my city boy husband how to work on farm equipment, how to build greenhouses and how to plant sweet potato slips ( 350 to be exact). Spending all the time we did on their farm makes you think about the world around you. Because of them we eat more organic foods, we support more local farmers and we strive to be more kind to the planet. This was all before NBC made it en vogue.
I recently read a blog of another mom who is also an exquisite potter. She has made this amazing transition to make life simpler. I read an essay she wrote about why it was a good choice for her and her family, and I have to say I agree with most of it. Is it practical for most people? Well, no. But as much as I am attached to my convinces of life I would be happy to give them up for a taste of the simple life.

*Mr. Phillips was killed in a auto accident on I95 last April. We lost an amazing person that day who touched our lives and the lives of all the people who met him. He took with him this incredible knowledge of natural farming practices and was a pioneer in organic farming in his county. He was a wonderful friend.