Memphis Democrat March 28, 2001

Day to Day Life
Memphis Democrat Column -- Jacob's Travel Logs

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We are very lucky to welcome our ex-intern Mark back. He came back from Minneapolis (maybe because its still cold up there!) and its almost like he never left. He's been hard at work building Skyhouse, with the builders Roger and Lisa, as well as Tony, Tamar, and Brad. They put the second bent up and are now working on some roof trusses. Tony is still looking for more used 2' X 6's that are at least 9' or 14' long. If you have some to sell, give us a call.

They've been debating which color tin to get for the roof. They're considering blue, but worried about the solar heat gain from a non-white roof. If you have a blue roof and an opinion to share, don't be shy!

When they weren't working on Skyhouse, Brad, Mark and Tony finished the cedar siding on Allium, the load bearing straw bale cabin I live in. And once it got warm they got out the buckets of clay and sand and mixed some plaster for repairs.

Our first intern, Megan joined us. She came from her folks' place in Philadelphia, though she's been living in California. She has come to learn gardening and she's been toiling in the garden with Don, planting like crazy.

With all the new people, we decided to have a "fun week". We had group work parties during the day and fun group activities at night. After our weekly dinner with Sandhill, we had a singalong. With Brad here we now have three guitarists and between the three of them they know just about every song we can think up. We took a walk around our land on Saturday morning, showing new folks the flora and fauna, as well as our conservation projects. We also went bowling in Memphis one evening. Because of his tendonitis, Tony had to bowl with his feet. He got a 37. Not bad for his first time!

On the way to bowl, a whole crew of folks stopped by the house of Jack and Darlene Dannenhauer to pick up the hot tub they donated to us. It'll take a little work to get it up and running, but we'll be soaking in the moonlight soon enough.

Saturday was the first night of the Jewish holiday, Passover. We had our own version of the traditional dinner, which is called a seder. Its during this time that Jews tell the story of Moses leading the Jews out of slavery in Egypt and have a meal which incorporates many symbols from the story.

Jeffrey and Laird went to Kirksville to play bridge and Jeffrey won. We are all proud of him. Tamar, Megan, Tony and I hitched a ride with them and caught a movie. Then we enjoyed hanging out in Washington St Java Co, eating treats and seeing some of our Kirksville friends.

Many of us went to vote on Tuesday. We've been voting so many times this year that we're getting really friendly with the folks who run the election at the Rutledge Community Center. I missed Opal Blaine in her usual spot and heard she was sick. I hope she's feeling better.

Its really spring now, isn't it? The crocuses have come up and everything is turning green. With the weather we've had though, I start to worry whether we'll skip straight to summer and miss spring altogether.

I've been busy as can be getting ready for my trip to China with Tony and his parents. Wish me luck! Brad will be taking over the column for the next few weeks until I return.

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