Vanchella Vagabonds

Our friends have often teased us about having to write our address in pencil in their books. (Of course, that's not much of an issue in today's electronic world!) It's true that we have moved many times since we started our life together. We've bought and sold 7 properties and lived in 5 rentals. That's a lot of address changes! One take away from all of that moving is that one really can't go home again. We've certainly had many happy times re-visiting places we have lived, but it's never quite the same. The place changes, we change, the people remaining change. Today we left Douglas, Georgia ... for the second time. We had the opportunity the past 9 months to go back and live where we spent the larger part of our adult lives - where our daughter experienced her childhood,  where we developed our careers in education, and where Chris' mom and aunt departed. It was a longer time period than one normally experiences when 'going home,' ...

Greetings! We are deep in preparation for our egress and Walkabout. Several friends have asked, “Are you ready, excited, nervous?” Good question, all of them! Taking a few moments now to answer some of our Frequently Asked Questions… Q: How can you get rid of all your stuff? (Variation: “You’re doing retirement right, I wish I could do that.”) A: You, too, can do this. However, unless you have a stockpile of money to maintain a full house and/or store your stuff (which we don’t), you have to make choices. The main choice is your stuff or the freedom of the alternative. For us, stuff is not important. We’ve been on a journey of thinking about this issue, and the subsequent purge process, over many years. It began with reading the book Your Money or Your Life back in 1993. The fact that the book is still in publication should give an idea about its worth. For Chris, this was also enhanced through her studies and practice of Buddhism, particularly the concept of non-attachment . We b...