Memphis Democrat August 1, 2001

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

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So many visitors came here this week one could walk around and see lots of folks whose names one didn't know. Two of Brian's friends from the University of Rhode Island visited. Derek and Kerstin from Zuni Mountain community in New Mexico visited for a week. My friend Denis came to scout out Dancing Rabbit as a location for a movie he is making next summer. He brought Jessica and Jeff, who will be part of the team making the movie. We also had a dozen students from the College of DuPage, outside of Chicago, visit for the weekend. They helped plaster Bella Ciao, cook and stack firewood.

This was another week of leaving. Sol and Cedar, who were both members here, left to explore other options in their yellow VW bus. We'll see them when they visit for sorghum season at Sandhill, but we wish them luck in their journey. Construction intern Elizabeth left and soon after Susan and Tom both left to visit family. However, Kurt has returned home from his visit to California and we sure missed him!

This was a week of culture. We had both a regular singalong and a choral singing night, where we learned the difficult Latin psalm Exultate Justi in Domino. Werner, the professor of the visiting class, performed a one man play written by Kafka. Neighbor Abbie Clatt came for her first fiddle lesson taught by Tamar. We've got lots of talented musicians here and can also offer lessons in trombone, bass guitar and voice.

Plenty of vegetables have been coming out of the garden, meaning we've had some delicious dinners. And creative ones, too. Cecil and a crew he led cooked up ethiopian food, served in a traditional manner, such that flat bread was used as both plate and utentsil. More vegetables also means food processing. We started our first batch of sauerkraut of the year and canned some sweet corn.

Folks have been busy doing construction. We're finally getting it together to finish the plaster on the outside of Bella Ciao. Tamar finished the flashing on the timberframe, giving it a more finished look. And folks are working on the first floor of Skyhouse.

One evening members gathered with newer folks to go on a visioning walk. They talked about where future buildings and roads will go, and what the plans are for the growth of our community.

Megan and I attended the planning meeting for the Rutledge Fall Festival, which will take place September 15th. We are organizing the volleyball tournament, so start thinking about your teams.

We have some very sad news to report. Some of you met one of our interns from last year named Minna, as she regularly attended the New Testament Church in Rutledge. A few weeks ago, she went on a bike ride from her home in California and never returned. Her friends and family have put together huge search efforts, but no one has found a trace of her. You can find out more about it from www.findminna.org. We all send our well wishes to her family.

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