Memphis Democrat July 18, 2001

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

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We were much entertained by the performance of the Memphis Community Players. So many of us went, we took up a whole row of the middle section of the theater and then some. Jeffrey made it just in time after dropping off Cecil in Kirksville. Cecil left to catch a plane to Fort Lauderdale, FL last minute to see his grandfather during his final hours. We all send our condolences to the Scheib family.

There have been lots of other trips this week. Our intern Nim returned to her family in NY. Tamar went on a little vacation and Brian returned from his. Sol and Cedar will be leaving the community in the Fall and bought the VW Vanagon from our vehicle cooperative. They went down to Columbia to get some service on it, and brought Sara and Susan Brown with them to visit folks down there. Sara will be returning with her dog, Isis.

Speaking of our vehicle cooperative, let me tell you a little bit about it. One of our agreements is that members don't own private vehicles. We established the Dancing Rabbit Vehicle Cooperative so that we are encouraged to share trips and so that its easier to run our vehicles on alternative fuels. We all share the responsibility of taking care of our cars and we pay based on how many miles we drive. It may feel like it cost more per trip, but we each do not have to pay for keeping up a car or the insurance. So it actually costs each of us less than owning our own cars.

Allegra, a friend of the community, visited for a few days with her friend Michael. They are on tour as How You Duo, an old-time and bluegrass band, and they graced us with a concert one night. Sandhill came over to enjoy the music and Alline held a bake sale of yummy gooey desserts.

Many folks enjoyed going to the Dog and Gun. A few of our interns volunteered at the Fire Department's booth on Friday and had all the pop they could drink. New people always come back a bit dazed and overwhelmed, but we got lots of things we needed.

We actually remembered that this Tuesday was the day to have a community lunch in Rutledge and Alline, Tony, Cecil, Jeffrey, Mukluk and myself all went. But when we arrived, only Mary was there. Maybe it was too hot for everyone else? We had a nice time talking to Mary and brainstorming ideas for the Rutledge Fall Festival.

We found out that Bryan Crowl's blueberry patch, at W and 15, was nearing the end of its season and we gathered a crew to go and pick. We picked 77 pounds in 1.5 hours. Then the next day Alline led a food processing crew and canned 18 quarts of pie filling and 25 pints of jam. Whatever was left we dehydrated or just ate. We'll be happy this winter!

We were all relieved when the hot weather broke, and people really got to work on the buildings. Enclosing the second floor of Skyhouse is happening quickly. And Kurt got the soffits finished on the Milkweed cottage.

Interns and residents wanted to learn more about the vision behind Dancing Rabbit. So members, residents and interns gathered to share stories about the history of Dancing Rabbit and discuss ideas about what the future might hold.

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