A New Destination: Lifehut

As I was sailing around the Blog-O-Sphere this morning in my search to better understand people I noticed a blip on my radar screen. Here I was in the middle of the ocean and the radar alarm started to go wild. “There can’t be anything here,” I murmured as I hit the radar unit to reset it. But it kept beeping and the blip on the screen was getting louder. I finally went down to the galley and grabbed my binoculars. I scanned the horizon and I didn’t see anything. The beeping got louder and I was getting real paranoid of running into something. I grabbed the binoculars again and did a slow sweep. “Whoa what was that?” I exclaimed as a small green speck came into view.

I was getting interested now. What could possibly be out here in deep water miles from anything else? I grabbed the wheel and headed in the direction of the green speck. As I got closer I could see it was a small island with a small hill on it. On top of the hill was a small building of some kind. I increased throttle and the building came into better view. It was a simple thatched roof hut with a sign on the side. As I pulled in closer I could read the small letterboard. It said “Lifehut“.

I quickly wondered who might live on this tiny Island? I scanned the entire 1/4 mile long volcanic rock but I didn’t see anyone. I pulled up into a tiny cove and dropped anchor. I searched again but did not see anyone. I got into a rowboat and headed ashore. As I pulled up on the beach, I found the island to be a rocky outcropping with small brush and palm trees. The only thing that suggested life was the hut on top of the Hill. I gathered my courage and set out for the hut.

As I climbed the hill I found a well traveled path. Someone had been here before… many times before. Yet the hut looked rather new, like it had just been assembled. As I crested the hill I found the hut to be deserted. It was obviously built by a professional builder. It was definitely built to code and everything about it was sharp and clean.

I looked around and didn’t see anybody. I walked into the hut and noticed that it looked like an information booth, with pamphlets of all types laid out on the railing. I picked some up and found some really useful information…

There were titles like…

How to properly mow a lawn

How to keep your environment clean

How to be a cool and responsible parent.

This was some useful stuff… but who wrote it? Who was responsible for the hut?

I looked around and noticed an ID card that had dropped to the ground. The name was rubbed off but I could see that the person who had been here was 24 years old. Hmmm… this was really strange. There was a lot of information but no author was listed… just the name “Lifehut”.

I gathered the useful brochures and headed back out to my boat. The only other identifying information on any of the literature was a vague reference to a 9rules network. As I sailed off I marked the island location on my navigational chart. I’ll have to stop back this way again. Maybe I can meet the mysterious “Lifehut” person next time.