Memphis Democrat
August 22, 2002

Its been another busy and exciting week at Dancing Rabbit. It was especially busy during Kids Weekend when seven kids, from four families, visited for the weekend and were joined by Abbie Clatt from Memphis and Corey from Sandhill Farm. The kids swam, sculpted with clay, painted their new kids sized furniture, sang and enjoyed a bonfire.

Also on the farm, Penn returned from visiting his family for two weeks and was brought back by his father. He returned as a member, instead of an intern. Brian and Masha, interns from last year, drove in to visit for a week. We have a new construction intern, Sedge. He is from Colorado but spent the last few years in the Dominican Republic through the Peace Corps. Leah has also arrived to work on building Skyhouse. She lives in Tucson and came here via her native Saint Louis where she spent a few weeks visiting family.

We couldn't only have people arrive or we'd quickly be overwhelmed. Martha left us to return to her home in Canada. Her going away party involved a treasure hunt that led everyone to a bonfire and little screened structure the interns had built as a surprise. Oh, and we can't forget the homemade donuts and banana muffins.

Karly, Nicole and Jillian have been having coffee at Zimmermans every Saturday for these last few months they've been here as interns. This weekend they were officially inducted into the Rutledge Renegades. We can't wait to see them in their official t-shirts!

Tony, Betsy and I spent the weekend up in Milwaukee. Tony and Betsy went to play Ultimate Frisbee with Truman State's team at a big tournament. They had a great time and the Truman team placed pretty well. I tagged along to visit Lindsey and Bri. Lindsey worked construction on Skyhouse in the spring. They are both Truman State grads and moved up to Milwaukee to go to graduate school.

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

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