“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound I come into the peace of wild things.

Wendell Berry

After a long time of not having any out of town visitors, our long time friends, Brenda and Al, came to see us as they were making their way back to Dahlonega from Jekyl Island.

Not only is there a new spring season gradually arriving, we are definitely in a brand new season here on the farm.  While I have been completely retired since we moved here in July of 2019, Mike has still been working.  However, he is now also retired.  Sometimes, thankfully, you come to a point where you just quickly make a decision and then in retrospect, fully realize that it was very good timing. 

“I remember longing for what I now have.” Author Unknown

I actually just saw that quote on Pinterest. It’s rare that one strikes me as deeply as that one did. It’s a good thing to remember. We waited a full four years after making the definite decision that we wanted to move here before it actually happened. There are other times of waiting over the years that I remember well. Waiting is always hard and at some point you realize that as soon as you get the thing you have wanted for so long, you start waiting for the next thing, almost immediately most of the time. I guess it’s just our nature and that will never change.

We are Mike and Marsha Riggs and we live at Branch and Vine Farm in southeast Georgia.