Author Archives: Hope
November Nourishment and Grace
A Hart’s Mill Friendsgiving In the November darkness, two dozen members and friends gathered at Arcadia Common House for the gifts of community — companionship, excellent food, and drinks galore. Candles lit up the tables and late-fall flowers brightened the … Continue reading
Halloween happenings at Hart’s Mill
A Beautiful Day on the Land: October 29 The weather was perfect, and the uplift of Halloween spirits made for a very fun and productive workday on the Hart’s Mill land this past weekend. Participants included Rita, Geri, Paul, Randy, … Continue reading
Evening of Stargazing (and ground gazing)
by Paul Voss The sky was clear and the temperatures cool when Jeffry and Paul gathered to explore the night sky on October 22. Bright Venus followed the setting sun as Mars and Saturn made their appearance. Once again Jeffry’s … Continue reading
A village in the making
October 15, 2016 Architecture Design Workshop by Joe Cole On Saturday, October 15, Hart’s Mill members gathered for another round of our Architectural Design Workshop with our architects Frank Harmon, Suzy Cash, and Paul Drake. We met in the Chapel … Continue reading
Mushrooms, mowing, and (global) movements
Work Day, October 3rd Margret chronicles the accomplishments at the work day on October 3rd: Jeffry mowed extensively (5 hours in 2 days), Ginny and Geri got a great start on garden clean-up, and Margret and Rita tackled the McGowan … Continue reading
CELEBRATION! We’re buying the land!
Community is not a goal to be achieved but a gift to be received. —Parker Palmer Since 2011, Hart’s Mill Ecovillage has been linked to a 112-acre parcel of land owned by Alana Ennis. Over the past few years, the … Continue reading
Dam good work day!
Labor Day 2016 workday began at 8 am on a cool sunny morning with Margret, Donna, Lindsey, and Anthony cutting down a flowering Tree of Heaven and bagging the seed heads (see photo) to keep it from spreading all over … Continue reading
Inspiration from Eno Commons
This afternoon about 8 Hart’s Mill members visited Eno Commons Co-housing in Durham. Two of our architects–Suzy and Paul–came along. We had a good walkabout and were able to talk with several residents, paying close attention to some of the … Continue reading
Designing our dwellings—the process continues
The Hart’s Mill architecture group gathered at our favorite local common house at Arcadia Cohousing for the next installment in the schematic design process. The Architecture Liaison group—Anthony, Joe, and Katy—are working intensively with Frank Harmon Architects on determining what … Continue reading
Growing Inspiration, Just Around The Corner
On an early August Saturday, Rita, Hope, and Paul showed up for a work day at Anathoth Community Gardens, located just a few miles north of Hart’s Mill near the town of Cedar Grove. We waded into a hoop house … Continue reading
