The delightful mystery of what it's to become...

...the small house that is.  It started out as a niggle as I got to know its predecessor, Sara's small house. It was too hot in the summer and quite hard to heat in winter.  All those cracks and unchecked openings also let to an invasion of all manner of crawling & flying insects.  The very simple gray water drainage system had to be cleaned out periodically because an inaccessible T-Y joint had been installed backwards, creating a built in waist trap.  The house's layout was also extremely flawed by design that had several unusable spaces, no space for socializing and with an open toilet in the kitchen was an unusually bad idea.  Oh, and the roof had a permanent leak that had to filled with tar from time to time.  Sara did a lot to make that place habitable but there is only so much one can do once the beast was formed.  

Sara passed on in her own way and time.  Her way of life and especially the way she died are a deep source of inspiration for me to live the remainder of my life more consciously and intentionally.  I didn't have a clue what to do with it until a friend in crisis found lifesaving refuge there for half a year.  Enough time to put his life back together and rejoin the world.  My friends transformation was a magical thing to behold and gave me an inkling of what that little place could become and the spark of energy to get started on it.  

Shelter is a basic human need, one of the 5 basic requirements of life along with; air, water, food, sleep and clothing.  Those are considered the bare necessities for one's survival.  This small house can, by itself can satisfy 4 of those needs.  Things that most of us take for granted, that is until they are gone.  Pretty impressive for just one small place. 

I don't know how or when it might happen or if it will ever happen again but I do know that that little spot is capable of facilitating some major transformative magic.  It's more than ok with me that I don't know the 5 Ws of it all.  In fact the total uncertainty of it may be another essential ingredient while it's mere possibility is surely its most eventual ingredients of any transformation.  In the mean time it will provide me with countless hours of building fun.