Memphis Democrat May 10, 2001

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

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Tony and I returned from our three week visit to China with stories of hand threshed wheat and plows pulled by water buffaloes. It was really interesting to see how differently they farmed there, as well as see all the historical monuments and artifacts. Thanks to Brad for writing an entertaining column in my absence.

We aren't the only ones who returned to Dancing Rabbit this week. Alline came home from California, arriving on the same train that we did. We also had many visitors return. Scott and Laurel, who visited last year, returned to be construction interns for a month. Susan and Eric, a couple from Fresno, CA, visited last October and have returned to see if they'd like to move here.

We've also had some new arrivals. Elizabeth Henry is a land management intern who hails from the Yukon in Canada. And perhaps the most exciting arrival didn't arrive here at Dancing Rabbit. Jacob and Timothy, who recently moved from here to Detroit, gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. Which brings us to the leavings. Jeffrey left to visit the new parents in Detroit. Cecil left at the same time to visit his grandparents in Florida before meeting the little one in Detroit.

Besides all the comings and goings, this has been a very exciting time. Thanks to all the hard work of Truman State student Rayna, folksinger Dar Williams gave a free concert on campus. Most of us attended the show, where Dar dedicated a song to Dancing Rabbit.

A crew of folks went to help our friends Dan and Nancy in Canton perform a controlled burn. Or at least, it was a semi-controlled burn. But folks got a lot of experience and feel ready to do one here, if the weather cooperates.

Sol, Cedar, Mark and Brad took a trip to Fairfield, IA to visit an Ecology Fair. They learned about permaculture and visited with friends. They got back just in time for Sandhill's May Day and 27th Anniversary party. It rained most of the day but that didn't stop people from rain volleyball, dancing and singing, even if we did get a bit muddy.

We received and planted this year's batch of fruit trees. We add a dozen trees each year and sooner or later we'll have an orchard. We've been having our first real harvests from the asparagus patch we planted a few years ago. And there's been lots of strawberry transplanting and weeding in the garden to prepare for the upcoming strawberry season. And there's been plenty of salad greens coming out of the garden, which we've all been enjoying immensely.

We've been working hard this week to disassemble the temporary housing we built in the outdoor kitchen and turning it back into a kitchen. We're almost done and its just in time. We're running out of room at the dining room table.

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