Author Archives: Hope
Why wait?
COMMON HOUSE NIGHT COMMENCES! On the principle that we do not have to wait to build the Common House to begin having Common House experiences together, we dubbed Amy and Anthony’s place the Transitional Common House and gathered on Thursday … Continue reading
Busting into New Territory in June!
Coming Together for Racial Equity—June 25-26, Durham Resilience requires diversity in all forms–including human communities. To this end, five members attended a weekend workshop offered by the Racial Equity Institute in Durham. It was an extraordinary immersion in the historical, … Continue reading
What’s It Going to Look Like? The process begins…
On June 11, 2016 The Hart’s Mill Architecture Design Process kick-off began at Arcadia Common House. Nineteen Hart’s Mill members and four architects gathered for an orientation and preparation to engage in this process. Joe Cole set the … Continue reading
“What’s it going to look like?” The process begins…
The Hart’s Mill Architecture Design Process kick-off began at Arcadia Common House. Nineteen Hart’s Mill members and four architects gathered for an orientation and preparation to engage in this process. Joe Cole set the tone as facilitator by reviewing … Continue reading
Memorial weekend workcamp
First of all, campers/builders have now closed up shop — partly because Tropical Depression Bonnie finally promised too much rain, but mostly because, under the meteorological gun, we actually completed our main project, which was to finish framing and roofing … Continue reading
May 8th Workday
It was a beautiful Mother’s day at Hart’s Mill! In the morning we were joined by about a dozen young adults from Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute and Elon University as well as many individuals and families who were seeing the land … Continue reading
March 28th (Easter Monday) Work Day
We had another fine and productive workday on Monday 28 March as the morning’s cool, wet, cloudy weather gave way to glorious breezy sunshine and a dozen or so Hartsmillers met for lunch at the Cedar Pavilion and then tours … Continue reading
Potato Planting Workday March 2015
It was another beautiful day on the land. Paul and Randy showed up early with an abundance of chopped up spuds waiting to be planted in the garden. They got to work tilling and building raised beds. Rita joined them … Continue reading
Accomplishments Timeline- 2014
Paul created this beautiful timeline describing all of the meetings, workdays, and other accomplishments of 2014. Take a look! [slideshare id=46401161&w=476&h=400&fb=0&mw=0&mh=0&sc=no]
MLK Day 2015 Workday Report
January’s workday got us from scratch to an almost-ready-to-go garden, thanks to Randy’s thorough planning and preparation and a lot of good work through the day by Randy, Paul, Geri, Susie, Anthony, Rachel, Matt, and Donna. Tall cedar corner posts … Continue reading
