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  • user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p><a name=\"pd_a_7190190\"></a></p>\n<p>Twin Oakers are getting the equivalent of a tax refund – free money (sorta)!</p>\n<p>So if this applies to you, please write in an “other” answer and tell all about how you’re going to spend your Big Bucks.  If it does not apply to you, just sit back and ingest the hilarity of our cash-poor existences.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/runninginzk.wordpress.com/638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/runninginzk.wordpress.com/638/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=runninginzk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=51640857&amp;post=638&amp;subd=runninginzk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" /></p>\n', created = 1371710476, expire = 1371796876, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '3:6e2638332c4eeda6633b991fc35ab2f7' in /home/thefec/htdocs/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
  • user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>Thanks Nexus (ex-Twin Oaker) for creating this video for us!</p>\n\n', created = 1371710476, expire = 1371796876, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '3:8a0a392f172b0166b434fa87245b7abf' in /home/thefec/htdocs/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
  • user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>For me one of the richest pleasures of anti-nuclear organizing is the characters who take on this work.  It takes a very peculiar kind of person to commit to fighting a reactor complex which has the support of the state, some of the countries most powerful corporations and giant banks, often campaigning for years concluding with a high chance of failure.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://paxus.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/lucifer-at-gorleben.jpg\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-13905\" alt=\"With Lucifer at Gorleben protest in Germany Circa 2008\" src=\"http://paxus.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/lucifer-at-gorleben.jpg?w=519&amp;h=345\" width=\"519\" height=\"345\" /></a><br />\n</p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">With Lucifer at Gorleben protest in Germany Circa 2008</p>\n<p><a title=\"Meanwhile in Moscow - Lucifers report on protests\" href=\"http://funologist.org/2012/05/15/meanwhile-in-moscow/\" target=\"_blank\">Vladimir Slyviak</a> is one of these unusual people.  He has been fighting reactors in Russia since before the wall came down.  In 1988, he and another activist corked a smoke stack and locked themselves to it over 100 feet off the ground, shutting down the plant for hours.</p>\n<p>But you need to read that sentence again, because you were likely distracted by the action and perhaps missed the most important part, which is the date. In 1988 the KGB simply disappeared many people they found politically problematic.  To be a direct action activist in this era you needed to be unusually daring or crazy or both.  Vladimir might well be both.  Though his flavor of crazy, is like a fox.  I have been calling him Lucifer since 1991, he calls me goddess.</p>\n', created = 1371710476, expire = 1371796876, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '3:09f703a4c069afa444fe204424b0569b' in /home/thefec/htdocs/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
  • user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p class=\"reblog-from\"><img alt=\'\' src=\'http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14e93856b6902c2e313d80a7af156b0e?s=25&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\' class=\'avatar avatar-25\' height=\'25\' width=\'25\' /> <a href=\"http://runninginzk.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/dance-parties-love/\">Reblogged from Running in ZK:</a></p>\n<p>I can\'t remember a time that I didn\'t love to dance. I was one of those little girls whose mothers carted them to weekly ballet and tap lessons. My friends and I choreographed dances after school and fawned over the cheerleaders at high school football games. My dreams were shaped by the Star Search dancers and some quintessential 80s dance movies: Dirty Dancing, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and Footloose.</p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http://runninginzk.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/dance-parties-love/\" target=\"_self\">Read more… 570 more words</a></p>\n<p>Kathryn was a dancing fool, took a break to have a baby, and now that family life has settled and shifted she is back with some fancy steps and some personal thoughts.</p>\n', created = 1371710476, expire = 1371796876, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '3:33a3d4a29bd0410e2beb2c8e2a8d9aef' in /home/thefec/htdocs/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
  • user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>I can’t remember a time that I didn’t love to dance. I was one of those little girls whose mothers carted them to weekly ballet and tap lessons. My friends and I choreographed dances after school and fawned over the cheerleaders at high school football games. My dreams were shaped by the Star Search dancers and some quintessential 80s dance movies: Dirty Dancing, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and Footloose.</p>\n<p>By the time I was starting high school, I realized I was a Smart Girl and not a Cheerleader, and I started to deliberately dance silly in order to avoid the possibility of being mocked for trying to dance well and failing. In college, I chose the goth club because people actually went there to dance, and didn’t mind if you danced a little differently. After college, clubs in the city were expensive (for me on my grad student stipend) and filled with cigarette smoke and guys who thought I should want to grind with them. Ugh. I stopped dancing entirely.</p>\n<p>I didn’t realize that I missed it. Yeah, yeah, so I watched Save the Last Dance like 10 times… My life was full. I did yoga. I discovered contra dancing, which was a blast – in a structured sort of way.</p>\n<p>And then I moved to Twin Oaks. My first Twin Oaks dance party was when I was a visitor at Halloween, and it was a revelation. The people filling the dance floor ranged in age from 2 to 78 or so, and I got to watch as many dancing styles as there were people dancing. Everyone was out to have a good time, no matter whether they danced well or awkwardly, hip hop or hippie, boisterously or demurely. It was safe to make eye contact while dancing, and share the joy of moving my body to music, without worrying that I’d have to defend my boundaries later. I was quickly hooked.</p>\n<p>For my first 6 or 7 years of membership, I made a point of going to every dance party I possibly could.</p>\n', created = 1371710476, expire = 1371796876, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '3:cabc2f74d04ec46f126e7604975f375a' in /home/thefec/htdocs/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
  • user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p dir=\"ltr\">This post was written by Paxus and originally appeared at <a title=\"Official Comm Conf website\" href=\"http://communitiesconference.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.communitiesconference.org</a> Sections in italics are additions to the original post.</p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n</p><p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>1. Reconsider your living situation.</strong>  If you let it, the Communities Conference can really shake you up.  Daring people who are trying new or untested lifestyles are presenting or in attendance.  Step outside your comfort zone a bit and start from the assumption that you could live somewhere else, or with other people and see what this event has to offer and demonstrate.  Let go of the assumption that your next year has to look like your last year and go back to your own personal values.  What do you really care about?  How could this be better experienced in your daily living situation?</p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>This is a call to be daring, which i think is the most under nurtured revolutionary trait.</em></p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/MlYJFErljS9j3u6y6WRVo0iBCXDZJwpTyYWEDvrWb2vpq-yicsSTFbj-OdjwR7hhnLnrhD4f8kVb2uWn0vUFDl_QsP_MmQfuhHYFbM0Qa6UK-i6fMrzmrjIMWQ\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" /></p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>2. Chat with a rock star.</strong>  There are a bunch of inspiring personalities at the Communities Conference and they are more accessible in this relaxed 3 day event than they are at most times in their busy lives.  Seek out the people who say something that excited you and ask to have lunch or a more private chat with them.  If this is your first time attending, read the entire set of workshop descriptions upon arrival and find out which presenters sound like they are doing stuff you are excited about and then get any of the event organizers to point that person out to you.  This conversation might just change your life.</p>\n', created = 1371710476, expire = 1371796876, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '3:1a0cae9ea7d8413500e25214684ad887' in /home/thefec/htdocs/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
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  • user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>Several people have said the most useful piece of the <a title=\"Official Loud Love event\" href=\"http://loudlove.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Loud Love</a> event was the transparency tools workshop.   i was powerfully reminded that while the tools are useful, what appears to be really happening is that people are longing to be asked these revealing questions.  With the smallest opportunity most people will share deep feelings and vulnerable information about themselves, even with people they dont know very well.</p>\n<p>We have re-started the transparency group at Acorn.  There were a few people excited about it and a number of people who showed up when it happened who seemed to like it.  My original thought was that we should try to fuse Acorns more festive culture with this tool set and instead of having the classical, slightly formal transparency discussions.  We should have transparency parties, where the format is more relaxed, less full group oriented and more smaller conversations.  Distracting food and drink could be part of it as well.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://paxus.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/picsasso-girl-in-mirror.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-13883 \" alt=\"Picasso\'s girl in the mirror\" src=\"http://paxus.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/picsasso-girl-in-mirror.jpg?w=363&amp;h=450\" width=\"363\" height=\"450\" /></a><br />\n</p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picasso’s girl before a mirror</p>\n<p>Instead, at the first Acorn transparency event this year, we stuck to a more conventional format, with the group in a circle and a single person revealing themselves to everyone using several <a title=\"This blog transparency tools list\" href=\"http://funologist.org/2010/12/27/liberal-transparency/\" target=\"_blank\">different tool sets</a>.  And i was blown away again.</p>\n', created = 1371710476, expire = 1371796876, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '3:eec343b01362d659c6c6422356f34349' in /home/thefec/htdocs/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
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  • user warning: Table 'cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>Scabies sucks, but it was fun when people got excited about applying each other’s permethrin and the subsequent “prolonged skin-to-skin contact” parties we’re now green lighted to have.</p>\n<p>And having strep is not fun, but it’s nice that I don’t worry about losing my job/money/childcare/house because I’ve gotten sick and need to stay in bed for a couple days.  And people will bring me food.</p>\n<p>So maybe intentional community breaks even.  We infect each other with every transmissible ailment, but then we take care of each other while people get back to normal.</p>\n<p>Cue inspirational music.</p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/runninginzk.wordpress.com/629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/runninginzk.wordpress.com/629/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=runninginzk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=51640857&amp;post=629&amp;subd=runninginzk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" /></p>\n', created = 1371710476, expire = 1371796876, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '3:ecef4d3a4c260902733e7beecb9958ad' in /home/thefec/htdocs/includes/cache.inc on line 109.

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East Wind Community
HC-3 Box 3370-WEB
Tecumseh MO 65760
phone: (417) 679-4682
fax: 417-679-4684
email: membership@eastwind.org
web: www.eastwind.org

Established in 1974, we are a diverse group of about 60 adults and 4 children living on 1045 acres in Missouri's beautiful Ozark Hills. Our businesses include all-natural East Wind Nut butters and Utopian Rope Sandals. Our membership is very diverse, we have no central leadership, and we practice democracy. Our work lives are busy and varied, but we always find time to relax and enjoy community meals, music jams, and Ozark sunsets. Our land is one of a kind, very rural, and filled with all sorts of wildlife. We encourage individuality and diversity in our members. We are looking for skilled, hardworking, responsible and self motivated individuals that share in our values. Prospective members are encouraged to contact membership; currently we are most in need of plumbing skills, electrical skills, and carpentry. Drop ins are not accepted, you must contact membership to visit.
Below are stories, blogs and articles on Eastwind Community.

East Wind Updates

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Monthly updates about life at East Wind Community, an egalitarian intentional community in Tecumseh, Missouri

What’s Happening: May 2013

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Coming Back to Life

Submitted by Wren Adi on Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:31
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I just spent two weeks at The Possibility Alliance and four days at a Restorative Circle seminar at the Peace and Permaculture Center in La Plata, Missouri.

Last week I started reading a book by Joanna Macy called Coming Back to Life. The book, and my experience the past weeks has impacted me a lot. The book discusses modern industrial society as full of people 'asleep' from the pain of the world. Years ago, when I first started looking at where everything I consumed came from, I felt shocked and overwhelmed, and powerless. We live in a culture where most people are subconsciously aware of ecological devastation, factory farming, slave labor, murder, etc, but if we come to full awareness of the fact that pretty much everything we use and practice in modern society contributes to all this pain, would bring us into great despair. At some point in my life I let myself feel this, and I cried and cried, and now I don't let myself feel it too much anymore.

Reading the book has reminded me of how it has fit into my life. I know I'm not where I want to be yet, and I don't know if I will ever get there, and I try to be patient and accepting of that. I noticed I am getting closer though. I can sense this because within the past few years I have challenged myself more in facing pain. My time at the Possibility Alliance this year was very different in a way than it ever has been since I first started visiting there five years ago.

The Possibility Alliance is an electricity free, petroleum free, substance free, quaker-ish community. They live a lifestyle that encourages humans to live to their highest potential.

What’s Happening: April 2013

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Spring

Onions, carrots, lettuces, collards, cabbages, broccoli, and
potatoes were planted out during the first week of April.  Each year, we do our best to grow more of our
own food and reduce our reliance on store bought goods. Last year, we
successfully grew, harvested, and stored enough potatoes to last our entire
community for about four months (potatoes are a major staple food at East Wind).  We’ve planted even more this year, and hope
to supply community with homegrown potatoes for over six months.

and I travel on

Submitted by Wren Adi on Sun, 04/28/2013 - 12:17
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I took a PAL (personal affairs leave) from Twin Oaks about ten days ago. A PAL can be granted to a Twin Oaks member who is not in the money or labor hole, and has lived at Twin Oaks for at least a year. A person taking a PAL can be gone from Twin Oaks for up to a year and return within that time and still become a member of the community. I don't receive money from the community while I am gone. I'm really not a member, but I can come back, pretty much anytime. Although, I might have to wait until a room opens up. It's a pretty neat thing that I decided to take advantage of.

I felt very content at Twin Oaks after being there almost two years, but I also felt a desire to explore some more communities, and gain some more primitive skills.

Twin Oaks is a community of about 100 people. Sometimes I think of it as more of a village than a community. I've yearned to be in a close knit family, or small group of people who work together and support each other to grow and learn. It seems like I would need a smaller community for that. I also want to be in a community that focuses on emotional healing. There are so many people at Twin Oaks, going in all different directions. There isn't as much community as I want there. There isn't a main goal or purpose of the place. I think this is true just because it's so big. I think it could be possible for me to create that there, but I am not sure. That is part of what led me to take some time off to find out what I really want.
There are some people in Virginia who I really, really miss already..

What's Happening: March 2013

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Spring Equinox

East Winders gladly greeted the spring on March 20th
this year.  We celebrated the equinox
with homemade beer, wine, root beer, snacks, and fun.  East Winders appreciated the beauty of the
coming spring and the anticipation of the warm sunny days ahead.  At dusk, many of us gathered to watch a
“dragon log”, which was undoubtedly a spectacle to behold.

East Wind: March 2013

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Spring Equinox

East Winders gladly greeted the spring on March 20th this year.  We celebrated the equinox with homemade beer, wine, root beer, snacks, and fun.  East Winders appreciated the beauty of the coming spring and the anticipation of the warm sunny days ahead.  At dusk, many of us gathered to watch a “dragon log”, which was undoubtedly a spectacle to behold.

Forsythias, flowering quince, cherry, and peach trees have all put on a beautiful display of flowers this month.  On the ground, toothwort, trout lily, dandelion, chickweed, cress, henbit, dead nettle, and sweet violet are beginning to flower.  Elderberries and dogwoods have begun to bud and leaf out, though most hardwoods will continue to remain dormant for just a little while longer. 

This winter’s spinach and kale are still producing in our gardens, while spring wild edibles appear in abundance along trails and throughout the woods.  Some favorite wild salad greens this time of year include toothwort, trout lily, chickweed, chives, violet, cress, dandelion, chicory, and yarrow.

What’s Happening: February 2013

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Natural Building in the Mulberry Garden

Some East Winders are hoping to inspire others to try their hands at natural building by starting a few projects of our own this spring, including a cob table, benches, and maybe a birdbath in our beautiful Mulberry Garden.  This February, we built a gazebo made of cedar poles harvested from our woods, using a combination of timber framing and conventional building techniques.  The gazebo will provide shade and shelter for a stone and cob table, made completely with material from our own land (including clay, sand, straw, stone, and water). 

We’ve been saving broken ceramic and glass from our kitchen for over a year now, which we will use to make a beautiful mosaic celestial table top and four benches themed for the four seasons.  The gazebo will be complete this March, and we intend to start building with cob after danger of the last frost has passed at the end of April. This new outdoor communal spot will bring shade and leisure to our hard-working gardeners this summer, and will overlook our orchards, herb garden, vegetable gardens, berry vines and bushes, ranch and dairy pastures, and the wooded hills beyond.  We hope this will inspire future natural building projects at East Wind and elsewhere.


What’s Happening: January 2013

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Health in Community

Many East Winders (about half of us) spent some time this January sick in bed with the flu virus.  Natural and conventional medicine and treatments were readily available, and most East Winders recovered quickly.  Echinacea, elderberry, elecampane, eucalyptus, ginger, peppermint, lemongrass, and licorice root are some herbal favorites for their immunostimulant, antiviral, decongestant, and demulcent properties.  East Winders suffered symptoms such as fatigue, muscle soreness, congestion, sore throat, fever, and stomach upset before overcoming this highly contagious virus.

Community is still struggling to rid ourselves of scabies, microscopic parasites that first arrived at East Wind over six months ago.  Approximately ten East Winders have been afflicted, and most have overcome these parasites with diligent treatment and hygiene.  Most have opted for prescription permethrin treatment, and some have treated themselves naturally with sulfur, neem, tea tree, rosemary, turmeric, etc.  We hope to rid ourselves of these pests in the near future.

East Winders have been conducting another series of medical trainings this winter.  The emergency medical care workshops are between one and two hours long and take place after brunch on Sundays.  The first workshop included information on what to do in emergency situations, when to call 911, symptoms and treatment for heart attack, shock, stroke, and sudden cardiac arrest, how to perform CPR, and how to use an AED.  Over a dozen people attended the first workshop, and are hopefully now more prepared to provide confident and competent care in case of an emergency.

I'm on the

Submitted by Wren Adi on Sat, 01/19/2013 - 18:39
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I'm on the Twin Oaks Health Team, and I recently started working with the herb garden manager to learn more about natural medicine for common ailments, so this information is more publicly accessible within the community. She sat down with me and gave me a list of all the tinctures she makes, and told me lots of interesting stuff I have always wanted to learn about. She's incredibly knowledgeable. I felt like I wanted to pick her brain for hours.

Here's the list of the current herbal tinctures made by the Herb Garden manager:
echinaceaechinacea/goldensealelderberrycatnipvalerianhopsmotherwortuva ursiburdockhorehounddonq quichaste berryst johns wortcalendulalavendergoldenseal
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mixtures:swedish bitters (rhubarb root)women’s mixture: donq qui, (motherwort), chaste berry, (st johns wort)sleep mixture: lavender, st johns wort, valerian, hops

What’s Happening: December 2012

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Winter Solstice &
Artmas

East Winders celebrated the winter solstice together on
December 21st.  Twenty-five
people participated in this year’s artmas exchange, an East Wind tradition
celebrated by exchanging unique homemade gifts. Though the shortest day of the
year was fun, most of us look forward to the days growing longer.  The winter has been mild so far, but the cold
air and grey landscape leave many of us yearning for spring.

What’s Happening: December 2012

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Winter Solstice & ArtmasEast Winders celebrated the winter solstice together on December 21st.  Twenty-five people participated in this year’s artmas exchange, an East Wind tradition celebrated by exchanging unique homemade gifts. Though the shortest day of the year was fun, most of us look forward to the days growing longer.  The winter has been mild so far, but the cold air and grey landscape leave many of us yearning for spring.



What's Happening: November 2012

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Thanksgiving

East Winders celebrated Thanksgiving with homegrown food,
drink, and entertainment.  In 2011, we
began a tradition of celebrating this holiday with food from our own land.  Thanksgiving cooks were encouraged to focus
on foods that come directly from our farm, and many dishes were from the land
entirely (though we also traded nutbutter locally for some ingredients).  This year’s feast included mashed potatoes,
stuffing, baked apples, sweet potato bread, turkey, gravy, ham, venison, stir
fried greens, and a salad.  We also
enjoyed homebrewed wine and beer, and homemade wild grape juice.

Virginia, one year, four months

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It's winter again. Or is it fall? I get confused about the season this time of year.  It feels like winter to me because I have bundled up so much, piled covers on my bed, and often sit by the fire in the evening and drink tea.
Thanksgiving is this week. There will be a large feast and a gratitude circle, although I can't remember much of how the holiday is celebrated here at Twin Oaks because I went home to Missouri last Thanksgiving. I will be going home for Christmas instead this year. Cold weather is difficult for me. I often feel like I am lacking in sunlight and warmth in general. Time seems to pass so quickly though, and soon it will be spring again, although that is hard to imagine right now.
The work in the garden has slowed down a lot, and in a couple weeks I will only be doing garden work once a week, as opposed to almost every day of the week. When there's no more garden work outside, I will be working in the greenhouse, doing seed inventory, and processing seeds.
Most of my other work involves Health Team stuff. The health team is a group of people responsible for making sure members' physical health is taken care of. We supply vitamins and supplements, first aid, help people address chronic health conditions, find resources for health care, and make sure people are taken care of when they are sick. Most of my work is confidential. I really like taking care of people, and I am learning a lot about medicine and health care (alternative and conventional) There is a feeling of joy, I think that is natural, and maybe instinctual, that occurs when I take care of others.

What's Happening: October 2012

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Halloween & Day
of the Dead

East Winders enjoyed one last hoorah down by our creek this
Halloween, where there was fun to be had by all.  Kids and adults enjoyed a haunted hayride to
the party, bobbing for apples, pumpkin carving, and a costume contest.  East Winders built a bonfire around the
maypole that we erected on May Day (six months earlier), and set it aflame at dusk.  Costumed East Winders celebrated throughout
the day, and craziness ensued late into the night.


What's Happening: September 2012

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What's Happening: August 2012

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Canning & Food
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East Winders have been diligent about preserving our
abundant garden harvests to enjoy throughout the colder months of the
year.  We have already canned nearly 100
gallons of tomato products this season, including tomato sauce, salsa, hot
sauce, whole tomatoes, tomato wine, and more. 
We deep cleaned and renovated our root cellar this month, and it is now well
stocked with delicious homegrown food of all sorts.  Dozens of jars of pickled garlic, dill
pickles, pickled okra, dilly beans, pickled beets, applesauce, pickled eggs, pepper
relish, and pickled peppers are stacked tidily on our clean new shelves. Our
wine cellar is also being cleaned and renovated, and wine racks are being built
to accommodate our aging wines.

What's Happening: July 2012

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East Winders Visit Sister Communities
A group of East Winders spent two weeks living and working at two of our sister communities, Twin Oaks and Acorn.  Twin Oaks, Acorn, and East Wind Communities are all proud members of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.  All FEC communities have the option to participate in a labor exchange program (called LEXing), which allows members from one community to temporarily live and work at another.  Members are able to report the hours they've worked at one of our sister communities and receive credit the same as they would for work done in their home community. 

A trip from East Wind to visit the east coast FEC communities is typically arranged once per year, and gives many East Winders the opportunity to explore other communities for the first time.  East Winders had a good stay during their LEX trip, and are thankful to Twin Oaks and Acorn for hosting them.  East Winders also arrange a LEX trip to Sandhill, another FEC community, every fall to help with their sorghum harvest.  Nearby Dancing Rabbit and Red Earth Farm are usually visited during this trip as well.  Many of us believe that a strong network of communities is essential to maintain and share our way of life, and we hope to see even more communities join us in the future.

Garden

What’s Happening: June 2012

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National Rainbow Gathering
A dozen East Winders spent nearly two weeks in the Cherokee National Forest in northeastern Tennessee during the National Rainbow Gathering this year.  East Wind donated over 1,000 pounds of organic peanut butter, cashew butter, and almond butter to help feed thousands of people free of charge.  East Winders also set up a free kitchen in the woods, and cooked and served delicious free food to the masses day and night.  East Wind Community Kitchen offered a free 24-7 self-serve peanut butter & jelly bar and handed out sweet gooey nutbutter treats after dark, in addition to serving wholesome, tasty, mostly vegan meals throughout the day.  The East Winders in attendence already understood what communal living is about, and everyone lent a hand by helping to build our earthern kitchen, haul water and supplies, wash pots, tend to the fire, and cook food to share with our larger human family.  This year, East Wind teamed up with a neighboring kitchen, Green & Purple, to serve dinner at Main Circle, where hundreds to thousands of people gather to share a meal every evening.

What’s Happening: May 2012

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Land Day

East Winders celebrated May and the 38th
anniversary of purchasing our land on the 1st of this month.  Our Land Day celebration was complete with a
maypole, bonfire, mud pit, drumming, and musical talent on our stage and around
the fire.  Nature smiled on us by giving
us a beautiful sunny day for our celebration, and a good time was had by all.


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