The March Hare: Spring '03
Issue 36

Open Season for Visitors * Member Bio: Penn * Working on Sustainability * Ecovillage Search * Eco to Go: Time * Can You Help? * Nature Corner * The View from the Top of the Rabbit Hole

Come see our past issues for lots of Dancing Rabbit information.

Open Season for Visitors

It's Spring and visitor season is officially open at Dancing Rabbit! No, that's not open season on visitors (silly goose). That's open season for visitors. They're arriving here nowadays, get it? In this delicious issue of the March Hare, almost as delicious as the fresh spinach coming out of Don's gardens, are two articles by people who are considering making Dancing Rabbit their home. It's sort of a change for us to print articles written by people who are not yet explicitly connected with Dancing Rabbit, but we think you'll enjoy reading about the thoughts that folks wrestle with as they plan visits and try to figure out how Dancing Rabbit will fit into their lives. You may even find some familiar thoughts in the articles by Suzanne and John.

Penn seems to be slowly plotting a coup of the Hare: in this issue you'll find his member biography, an article about Dancing Rabbit's work towards sustainability, and this catchy introduction. Let's hope someone stops him before he fully takes over, or the next issue may be full of Monty Python references and lewd and lascivious calculus equations. In any case, the Hare wouldn't be complete without Rachel's exciting descriptions of the flora and fauna of Northeast Missouri, and this issue doesn't disappoint. Be sure to read about the owl!

In other news around the village, warmer weather has brought on the start of the gardening and construction season. Don has been getting his Long Branch Farms garden beds ready and has begun planting. A new food co-op called Bluestem has begun digging garden beds and is preparing to build a kitchen this spring. And last but by no means least (really, trust me on that), we're ramping up to build a village-wide "common house" this summer. It's not so much a common "house" as a common "building" since there will be no bedrooms in the "house", but "common building" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Take care in your springly adventures, and help us spread the word by telling folks about Dancing Rabbit and what we're doing.

Open Season for Visitors * Member Bio: Penn * Working on Sustainability * Ecovillage Search * Eco to Go: Time * Can You Help? * Nature Corner * The View from the Top of the Rabbit Hole