Welcome Home
It’s been almost two years since we moved into cohousing. We are still learning, and adjusting, if you can believe it! But that is the way of life — it just keeps changing, and we keep growing along with it. I am learning about introversion and extroversion, raising young kids in a public/shared space, and [...]
Living Poetry
The talent show features headstands, songs, drums, popping balloons, bubble-blowing contests, pirates, dancing, and more. Twice a year, the folks who live here in cohousing get up and show our stuff! Last winter, Rom and I did a swing dance number together — he is the pro and taught me what to do and basically [...]
You Can Ask Me How It Is
I have a friend who moved up north and started a commune. This was many years ago and she never calls it a commune — only “The Land.” She recently told me that anyone could come there who wanted to live, and they let them come, and the person was asked to stay for one [...]
No Private Outdoor Space… Life in Cohousing
We’ve met friends at the beach – good, good friends, the ones where we are all comfortable and engaged, the mamas together, and the kids moving in and out of playing all together and then in smaller groups, and together again. The morning fog has burned off and the kids are splashing in the creek, [...]
Parenting in a Fish Bowl… Life in Cohousing
Simone is coming of age, and her mom is celebrating and honoring the transition by creating an amazing day, filled with images, experiences, words, and wishes. We begin with a home movie of Simone’s first years, then dinner, and then a scavenger hunt at the park down the street — just the women and girls [...]
Getting Social … Life in Cohousing
And fools rush in… Ever since I wrote about community work, I’ve been wanting to share about community fun — all those events that happen here, ad-hoc and organized, big and small, regularly and one-time. There are only a couple of community-organized events… the annual holiday auction (raising money for charity), two talent shows (one [...]
Still Working… Life in Cohousing
This is part two of community works, a short series on our lives in cohousing. In the previous post I wrote about work that is expected and now I’ll share the optional stuff. Plus a bit of philosophizing about what all this work means. So, let’s say you’ve fulfilled your responsibilities as a community member [...]
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