Submitted by amy on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 21:53.
Greetings from Cob at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage with the latest news and views from out on the prairie. After a fairly quiet week of lime plastering, tree mulching, committee meetings, gardening, canning, pickling, cooking, cleaning, shifting wet straw bales, coordinating errands with neighbors, visitor workshops, and the occasional yoga class or evening conversation with friends, it was great to sit back a little bit and observe the excitement and enthusiasm our many new residents and members have brought to our community.
The Labor Day weekend was an unintentionally appropriate time for the entire population to come together and review our "Wonderwall" of committees, tasks, and responsibilities for doing the work of the community, advancing our educational mission, and maintaining and growing our infrastructure to accommodate increased numbers of rabbits. After a quick review of what each committee was responsible for, and whether they felt they needed additional folks to help with their work, we reviewed the myriad tasks that keep our daily lives running smoothly.
For several hours we played with the Wonderwall like a large jigsaw puzzle...adding our own names where we had interest in helping, sometimes removing our name from other places in order to do so. The many new residents and members who were not here the last time we held this exercise back in February plugged their names in as well...providing us all with a general sense of bounty and reminding us of the power of our collective labor and thought. I think most of us focus naturally on our own tasks or personal labors on a day-to-day basis as we juggle the many demands on our time. It's easy to lose sight of the big picture in the midst of to-do lists, shopping lists, bandaging skinned knees, soothing children, food preparation and preservation, and so forth. This past Sunday was truly a celebration of how far Dancing Rabbit has come since our inception!
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