Hi. I am new here. I've been trying unsuccessfully for a few years to attract people to my mountain homestead. I co-own 20 acres of forest with a small re-generating clearcut, clean water, broad valley views, large organic garden, fruit trees, acres of berries. There is no electricity at this time besides very minimal solar. I've always gardened with feeding several people in mind but its still just me. I've developed an extensive trail system and a number of very private campsites.
My vision is to have maybe a couple of small families or a few individuals in a co-operative lifestyle. I like the idea of relatively autonomous units with sharing of a large garden, helping each other on projects, sharing some meals and a nature based artistic theme. At present there is a 20' camper and a small tent camper available. I've taken on interns in the past and had WWOOFer's stay and am still open to that but would love for more long-term friends to come along. Please write to my profile if you are interested and want to learn more. This is a spectacular mountain area close to Mt. Baker for summer hiking and winter snow sports.
Have a Happy Summer!
My vision is to have maybe a couple of small families or a few individuals in a co-operative lifestyle. I like the idea of relatively autonomous units with sharing of a large garden, helping each other on projects, sharing some meals and a nature based artistic theme. At present there is a 20' camper and a small tent camper available. I've taken on interns in the past and had WWOOFer's stay and am still open to that but would love for more long-term friends to come along. Please write to my profile if you are interested and want to learn more. This is a spectacular mountain area close to Mt. Baker for summer hiking and winter snow sports.
Have a Happy Summer!
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Mon, May 12, 2008 - 9:49 AMI sent you a message
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Mon, May 12, 2008 - 12:51 PMWhat the journey of our tribe has taught us is that the "sense of ownership" is a big issue, and many of us got tired of putting our energy into "someone else's scene" without the security of the feeling of ownership. This has lead us to forming a community where we own land in common.
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Mon, May 12, 2008 - 1:39 PMHi Joshua. I can relate to the concept of ownership being an obstacle in community building. I hope that my ideas are a catalyst to attract like-minded people and I'd be interested in forming or joining a land trust around those ideas of organic and nature-appreciative community. I actually deleted a phrase in a letter today that contained the phrase "my property" as I consider myself more properly the land's steward. It is an issue of trust that I have all my resources invested in this place. It will be a leap of faith when the time comes to let go of capital equity and invest in social equity. I was called to this place and have a spiritual connection as well as an investment in what it has become so far. I so much want to let go of attachments and participate in an organically evolving community. I am still hoping an extended family will manifest here.
Thank you for your words and I look forward to more dialog in this tribe.
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Mon, May 12, 2008 - 2:35 PMI hope that a family will manifest for the land you steward too. It certainly is a trust issue, and I understand the reality of investment. I am (as well as a few others are) completely invested in our scene, and certainly this subject comes up regularly in our councils. We are a tribe that has had a strong vision of community for a long time, and over and over again tried to plug into various scenes, but for me personally, never found one open and welcoming enough. Then finally last year we managed to buy land together, and are now building a community not so far from you, just south of the Oregon border in Northern California, in one of the most perfect and beautiful places I've ever been. I hope we can connect and learn from eachother. :)
Love and Light,
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Tue, May 13, 2008 - 6:45 PMYes. I have toured a few IC's and briefly lived on a consensus based land trust community. Oyy was that frustrating! Soo much process and drama. Not enough vision and identity. I decided that community would have to form organically from a group of friends. As that has not happened for me I am searching for soulmates out there who have the love for the land itself as I do or want to come and try.. Some of my friends joke that they may end up having to move in with me if the economy gets any worse. Its not quite so funny or far-fetched to me.
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Tue, May 13, 2008 - 7:16 PMI love the image of all my friends living near me. The last homely house of Rivendell, and Beor's home in the LOtR's! -
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Tue, May 13, 2008 - 7:55 PMYou get the picture! I call the wind damaged woods behind me Mirkwood and my friend up the hill has Fangorn. I like the idea of semi-independent yet interdependent households connected by trails in the woods. There is a trail to my neighbor's that i love to walk. He's selling. I pray for good folks.
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Wed, May 14, 2008 - 8:24 AMI understand what you're saying. At the moment our process is difficult, but we are getting better. We did rather form organically from a Rainbow Family tribe, and are now coalescing our vision and identity.
I'm glad the ring of power holds no sway over you, Tom! We mere mortals need our process to keep that power at bay. :)
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Wed, May 14, 2008 - 12:40 PMIn the real world, the ring is only a symbol for the great power we all have. Use the force for good, Joshua! : )
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Wed, May 14, 2008 - 1:31 PMPersonally, I see the ring more as a symbol of the power created through hierarchy and control, which any of us can take, but so easily we become subjected to. Hence through the process where we're all equal and all heard, the power of the ring is kept at bay. -
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Wed, May 14, 2008 - 5:06 PMThat's a good allegory. Tolkien would probably disagree as Aragorn's purpose was to lead the hierarchy. But we should take this to a LOTR tribe. : ) -
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Thu, May 15, 2008 - 7:24 AMI think Tolkien's weakness, (if He around today, maybe he could see why I say this) was human... His legends of Numenor, with almost Aryan (Hitler was also fascinated by this), but he was a product of his era...
He also had great wisdom, only dangling participals of a culture he was entrenched in... Growing up in S. Africa, with a Black African Nanny, he loved... But being bitten by a spider.
Good allegories y'all! I think the ring also signifies the search for power that the nations had, that was... He went to WW1, his son into an even more evil WW2 (the root of which was sewn in WW1)... He saw the terror the industrial age could reap on man..
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Mon, May 19, 2008 - 9:19 AMSee I would love to find some type of land to live on. However with having a family of 5, I would like to have some type of house versus just a trailer or what not. My husband grew up in small towns but I grew up in the City (Portland). I know he wants to go back to the simple life and I want to learn how to do that...but have been a bit scared of it because I haven't done it before. But I think I am ready to do it. I just don't have a lot of $$$ to get things going. I am talking to a couple people within Vancouver to start up some type of co-housing type living situation with some friends of mine...but nothing has come of it yet. I wonder how hard it would be to get a house built on land??
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Re: Community in WA State, USA
Mon, May 19, 2008 - 12:15 PMIt takes money, resources and enthusiasm! The simple life is not so simple. There is lots of hard work to get started and to develop sustainable practices that work for your familiy's lifestyle but in the end you will be better off than most. There are communities that have family houses waiting for the right people to come and contribute their energy, ideas and capital. You might consider taking a Permaculture Design Course to get a feel for some of the skills it takes to live sustainably. Or find a local Intentional Community and volunteer in exchange for their knowledge and experience.
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