1 Year in Arizona and Goodbye Arcosanti

Today is the one-year anniversary of my arrival at Arcosanti. On May 1, 2005 I drove in after dark and appropriated an empty cube. May 2nd was my first full day living in Arizona.

After 11 months, I have now left Arcosanti. I spent the weekend of April 14 - 16 moving into my fiancee's apartment in Mesa (a suburb on the East side of Phoenix). For those who don't know, Kerstin teaches Latin and Humane Letters at Tempe Preparatory Academy. Tempe is another Phoenix suburb just west of Mesa, and TPA is a public charter school for grades 7 - 12. For more info on TPA, check out the May 8, 2006 edition of Newsweek!! Once the school year ends, Kerstin and I will be moving into a larger place together. We're hoping to find a house to rent, somewhere between her job and mine.

Speaking of my job, I am now working at Romic Environmental, Inc. as a chemist. Romic is a hazardous waste treatment and storage plant. In addition to disposing of waste, Romic also has the capability to distill and purify some chemicals such as solvents and antifreeze. The reclaimed products can then be shipped back to their creators or sold to other companies.

In October, Kerstin and I will be heading back to Arcosanti to get married. Our wedding will be held at Arcosanti on October 7, 2006. The ceremony will be held in the Colly Soleri Memorial Garden. I'll try to get a picture of the garden up in the next couple of days.

I will be posting a few more pictures of Arcosanti over the next few days, including some shots from the only snowfall of the year, back in March.

I will always remember my time at Arcosanti, but it was time for me to leave. I would still love to see Arcosanti completed in my lifetime, but now I will be cheering the project on rather than participating in it.