Memphis Democrat
May 16, 2002

It was another exciting week, with many comings and going. Alyson went east to visit her brother and his newborn baby. Tony went to Ontario to go to the Board meeting of the Fellowship for Intentional Community, a nonprofit that is based at Sandhill Farm. On the way he stopped in Detroit to visit former members Jacob, Timothy and their baby Indigo.

Lindsey left us to move to Milwaukee, where she will be going to graduate school. Jane is from the United Kingdom and came to us from Canada. She had some trouble with her visa so she returned to Canada to see if she could sort it out. We hope they cut through the red tape quickly and easily so she can join us again to help build Skyhouse and make us laugh.

The most exciting arrival we have had is the birth of Sol and Cedar's baby over at Sandhill. The baby was three weeks early, and the labor was hard but we get the impression that it was worth it.

Alline returned home from her trip to the book fair in New York City. She runs a little online bookstore called Community Bookshelf that carries books about community living, ecology and old time skills. She was with us for about a week, which was much too short. Then she and Kurt went up to Minnesota to visit with Kurt's parents.

Alexis, a conservation intern from two summers ago, stopped by for a few days on her way between her nature job in Nevada and her nature job in Michigan. It was raining and cold but we still managed to get outside for a little nature walk before she had to jump in the car and be on her way.

Wow, has it been raining, or what? The ground is squishy and the creek is full. Tamar and Jeffrey hauled the canoe down to the creek and gave it a whirl. They came back muddy and tired, but seemed to have a good time anyway.

The weather has made the beginning of new outdoor kitchen season a bit less fun than it could have been. But the well organized kitchen, fully functional wood cookstove and new and improved system for dealing with our wastewater (thanks to Don, Erik, Tom and others), have made cooking a dream.

Jeffrey celebrated his birthday this weekend. Tamar made him delicious brownies with pecans courtesy of Bob. Bob picked them from his tree in Texas and shelled them in the mornings while he was waiting for everyone else to wake up.

Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is a nonprofit and a residential community that demonstrates ecological sustainability in Rutledge, MO. We give tours Saturdays at 1pm. Please call first before coming by, at 883-5511.

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