Monthly Archives: May 2017

Trajectory Towards Transformation: Part 5 — Selling 1701 Dexter

“Have you listed your house yet?” People we knew had been peppering us with that question for months, starting as soon as we would mention possibly selling and moving. “No…” I would start to say, and then patiently explain that selling it would … Continue reading

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Trajectory Towards Transformation: Part 4 — An Eastward Glance

In truth, the second scouting trip seemed more like “due diligence,” rather than a real reconnoitering for a relocation spot. We were already leaning heavily to Colorado, but felt like we needed to at least look somewhere else. After all, … Continue reading

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Trajectory Towards Transformation: Part 3 — Scouting Expedition #1

For a couple of years prior to our launching on our Trajectory Towards Transformation, I’d been fighting late night financial despair demons plaguing my thoughts by cruising on-line realty sites like Zillow. So I had a pretty good idea of … Continue reading

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Trajectory Towards Transformation: Part 2…but Where?

Continued from Part 1 So we found ourselves ready for the basics of the that first big step: sell the Austin house (should be no problem), pay off almost all our debts, and buy another house elsewhere. Now, it was … Continue reading

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Trajectory Towards Transformation: Part 1 — Time to Go!

I’ve been telling anyone who asks about our move, “We’re on a trajectory towards transformation.” So what does that phrase mean anyway? Well, trajectory implies a launching of some sort, an arc to overcome obstacles, be they walls, mountains, rivers, … Continue reading

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a Quantum State of Home

or How Can We Live in 2 Places at Once When We’re Really Nowhere At All? (with no apologies to Firesign Theater— just a tip of the hat) I’ve been woefully absent from this back porch blog awhile now. Have you missed me? … Continue reading

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