Summer Starting to End on the Farm

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It has been good spending time on the farm. I really had forgotten how quiet and dark it is here. It can actually be a bit unnerving. The leaf doodle bug was put to work in the forest. However, it looks like the car will be going back on the road. We can say it failed field trials,but that would only be partially true. The better utility value at this point is more suited to getting a teenager back and forth from high school. The mycological aspects of the farm did not disappoint. The pics of these shrooms are not photoshopped. The coal stove (very heavy) is loaded on the truck. It will be rebuilt in Georgia if I can save it. Coal stoves are increasingly out of production. When they are gone they are gone. The small wood stove is now in its place. The pic of the red sky in morning was indeed a warning of weather. We had strong storms and tornados in Upstate NY. Although I was travelling much that day in the area, I missed the worst of it.
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I noticed that often I don't post about things that have been important/changing to me. It's a bit like forgetting to take a picture when something crazy happens, even when the camera is in your hand. Journalists are trained to take the picture first then worry about everything else. I felt I did a better job taking pics in uncomfortable situations when I was in Africa. I was yelled at, threatened, scorned, and vastly outnumbered. It was uncomfortable. But, I did what I needed to do to get the result I wanted. (Video would have better in capturing some of the adversity I created.)

Aeroventures is my flying club with about 150 members and about a million dollars in assets. There has been some incredible tension with the board of directors for over a year. I joined the board in that period because of the tension. I figured it would be a skill developer.

“Calm seas never made a good sailor.”--Franklin D Roosevelt

It was indeed a skill developer. Eventually, there was legal action and a forced election to remove the board. As Secretary, I had to be part of the meelee. But I also volunteed to preside over the meeting of over 100 people, create and administer ballots, and officiate the election with many proxies.

What did I learn? What did I get to practice? What skill(s) did I develop?

A reinforcement of "You get out what you put in". Time, effort, emotion, it all comes back in exactly the same percentatge you put in. I can throttle any one of the inputs, pay attention to what they are and how much. I did good with moderating my emotions depite the sneers, complaints and outrage. I led a meeting being generous with positive messages and goodwill. I also felt accomplished that the vote was honest, fair, factual and was beyond reproach.

I was fired on that day of the vote, April 27, 2024. The words still echo. I am better at listening to that echo.

Aeroventures

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