Retrospective

Appel Farm. It was my childhood summer home, on a farm, with hippies and music and laughter and friends. I've been thinking about it ever since I last step foot there 14 years ago. On Friday I'm headed back for a week to teach. Its amazing on so many levels - the chance to revisit my childhood self, at the very place which influenced the adult I would eventually become. The realization that I am a product of this place - my awareness and appreciation for art, humanity, and nature began there. All my dreams for myself came out of those summers in the fields. Perhaps the most overpowering thought: I became the woman I hoped I would be. And its all because of this place, which I am returning to, 14 years later.