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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> ******  That is at the heart of my dilemnas.  I have, now, multiple 
> choices; and I still have time to narrow my choices for the most rewarding 
> future, I can provide.  What is wrong with taking time that I have to make 
> sure that I am making the right choices.  I also must use part of the time 
> to tie up the loose >ends of my current life.  That is unavoidable.

Bob; I think you vastly underestimate the amount of time and energy it takes 
to establish a homestead. I started at 40 (with an established but rundown 
farm), and now at 52 (and a very healthy 52), I often have to squeeze out 
that last bit of energy to do everything I need to do.You've mentioned that 
you are older and not in peak health. You don't just go from zero to all-day 
physical labor...are you at least trying to get into better physical 
condition? Learning to can, preserve, cook from scratch?Unless you can hire 
an army of builders and gardeners, I think your chance of homesteading is 
slipping away.

Lynn Wigglesworth