An Old Rent

I remember the first time we drove to the tiny house off of Pisgah Church Road in old Kernersville. It was close to 10:15pm at night. The old lady whose house we were to consider for rent might not be awake. The old lady - who I later found out lives her life more like a 24 year old - was our realtor's grandmother. Our realtor, who is also a good friend of my brother's, knew we had little time and little money to work with. We drove through some back country roads, passed an abandoned warehouse, crossed some train tracks, and wound our way through a dark windy road littered with gravel. The green porch light had "Twighlight Zone" written all over it.

We had 3 options. 1 - Shanti stays in Florida while our new house was built...4 months being apart, no thank you. 2 - Shanti comes up to N. Carolina and we do a month to month rental in an apartment...ugh, expensive. 3 - Or, rent the old house out on Pisgah Church with the green porch light.




The Monday following our weekend visit to N. Carolina was a long one. A lot had changed over one weekend. I interviewed for 2 jobs, bought a house, and decided that the next few months would be lived in an old country home. We had a slow 12 hour ride back to Florida ahead of us and many new uncertainties to discuss.

A month or two went by and a new friend from work came by to pick us up for a Friday night out. She noticed the green light and informed us that it's usually used to mark a house that has "stuff" of the illegal variety for sale. It's no wonder we had some many strange slow drive-bys of cars with boomin' stereos. The thick of summer brought tons of fireflies. Their glowing green butts matched the porchlight perfectly.

It's been about two and a half weeks since we moved out of that little house. We were pretty bummed about cleaning up and moving on. Sure, we love our new house, but there aren't any creaking wood floors or crawl space access doors to accidentally fall through. The yard was huge and it had a lot of character. Perhaps sometime down the road I'll post more pictures from the little old house.