Her plans also involve the 38-acre
parcel of land she has in Pearce,
Arizona where she largely lives off
the grid thanks to a solar home.
After years of tax lien trouble, the
property will be in the clear in Au-
gust. That will allow her to move
on to an idea she’s had for a while.
A friend of hers works with a vet-
erans group called HomeFront
Rising and Mas wants to turn her
property into a place where vet-
erans can live in tiny, solar homes
and grow crops that don’t require
much water. In addition, she wants
to convert part of her home into
a common area where she could
teach cooking, wellness classes,
and maybe even have concerts
that are streamed on the internet.
She gets excited thinking about
the possibilities that could help
veterans from drum therapy to
meditation to yoga.
The project would also provide
meaningful work for retired musi-
cians like herself, who still have
much to contribute to the world.
It’s always nice when a story has
a happy ending. For Mas, it’s not
so much as a happy ending, but a
new beginning.
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Watch Carolyne Mas perform “Sittin’ in the Dark”
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