Category Community structures

Babies

February 7, 2006 · by · in Betty, Child care, Community structures, food, Jordan, Mary, Nell, Noah, Rosalie, Ruby, Work practices · 4 Comments

It is a gorgeous, sunny day in the nursery. Gauzy white curtains flutter at the screened sills. The windows across the western wall are thrown open, letting the spring breezes through–as well as the scents of fresh laundry flapping on the lines and apple pie baking in the kitchens.

Bonnie

August 17, 2005 · by · in Animal husbandry, Betty, Bonnie, Community structures, Death, Healing-medicine, Jacob, Jonathon, Marita, Noah, Spiritual practice, Work practices · 5 Comments

We find her in the barn, her head in Jacob’s lap. Animals roam freely on the hills behind Ordinary, coming to the barn only for shelter. Weakened by illness, Bonnie must have sought comfort.

Rain

July 17, 2005 · by · in Benjamin, Birds, Cheyenne, Community structures, Jessica, Jonathon, Livia, Merilee, Peter, Residential buildings, Ruby, The land, Tracey · 1 Comment

We’re making daub to finish Peter and Livia’s cob house. I step in gingerly. I have to warm up to the idea of muddy feet. But then it feels so good–gritty, cool, squirting between my toes.

Sow

June 23, 2005 · by · in Birds, Community structures, Decorative plants, Edible plants, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, garden produce, Manufactured goods in Ordinary, Murgatroid, Rose and Cheyenne's home · 2 Comments

Murgatroid steps across my hands, brushing her bushy black tail under my nose. But she doesn’t like the loamy soil. Dirties her paws. She soon retreats to the edge of the grass, where she plops down, spreads her forelegs back and over her head and exposes her underbelly to the morning sun.

Run

June 16, 2005 · by · in Birds, Community structures, Edible plants, Eloise, Food preparation and preserving, Merilee, Ordinary landscape features/design, Ordinary water features, Ralph, Work practices · 2 Comments

Ralph’s eyes are soft, his smile gentle, reflecting my own. Making my way through the herb garden to the kitchen, I stop to pluck a bit of lemon thyme and crush it against my nose.

Sit

June 15, 2005 · by · in Birds, Community structures, Decorative plants, June, Kami, Spiritual practice, The land · 2 Comments

I give thanks for the twins, for this day, opening calm and sweet, for each one of the villagers, for a peaceful world, for this most beautiful Earth, for Spirit who helped us all to learn compassion and to grow peace in our hearts.