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Pet Deer

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"You want adventure. Every fiber of your being is screaming for it. Where do you find it? You find it in the voluntary adoption of responsibility." -- Jordan Peterson And some additional context to add is that the priorities for responsibility start with and for yourself. The deer in the neighborhood have become tame, quite tame. I think we are at the point where I can train them to eat from my hand. I dont feed them, but it is clear others in the neighborhood are feeding them. I am questioning whether it is right or wrong. It is not as simple as what you might initially think, running through loops of listening to the mezmoring voice David Attenborough anthropomorphising wildlife. Or what you learned as you slammed into a deer with your car. It's not that clear. The deer are not running out in front of cars in the neighborhood. They act more like the neighborhood geese, having full reign of the lawns, driveways and streets. We had a goose that demanded sovereignt...
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The house that got away from me is now mine. It took a awhile to close, but I am now moving in. I have quite a bit of work to do. I am hiring out a bit as well. My new home. It sounds weird to say it.

New House! Portuguese, and Blairsville GA Aviation

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I am closing on my house Wednesday the 25th. Finally! There sure were a lot of hoops to jump through. There is quite a bit of work to do, a roof, air-conditioning and so on. I have to be moved out of my apartment on Aug 2nd. The following picture is of the my meetup dinner Saturday evening. I have been in Atlanta two years and I am still getting used to the idea that a big city like Atlanta has lots of opportunities to meet with people that were impossible in rural NY... like a Portuguese language instruction club. We took a long plane ride today up to Blairsville, GA, up in the mountains, in and around the clouds.