March 19, 2016

Caring for Compost: Art or Science?

March 14, 2016 Our soil-sifting agrarian lifestyle has begun, here at Tierra Nueva Co-Housing Community, where the first signs of spring are readily apparent, in Oceano, […]
March 16, 2016

In the Valley of the Yuccas

On Monday, March 7, we wandered into the remote high desert like a band of false prophets in search of life-giving waters. Heavy rain—a rarest of […]
March 12, 2016

Open House: Settling In With Settling Out

March 5, 2016 A few important things happened this week. Last Saturday night we moved out of the Grover Beach home in which my father spent […]
March 7, 2016

On the brink: Are we there yet?

Feb. 25, 2016 Observing the children’s behavior over the last few weeks, after months of being reminded that we are all standing on the brink of […]
March 3, 2016

Letting Go and Getting On With It

Feb. 15, 2016 Liquidating all of one’s earthly possessions, severing all seminal ties, letting go of the trappings of domesticity and civilized living, it all makes […]