Author Archives: Hope

It’s summertime, and Common Ground Ecovillage is bursting with abundance!  There’s ample food for the body, mind, heart, and spirit this month–something in the calendar* for everyone.   Here are a few of the steaming helpings on July’s platter: Celebration … Continue reading →

by Lara Struckman Entry 1: June 4 2021 Being on this land for the past two weeks, I feel as though I have inhaled for the first time. “Ahh, this is what community is like,” my sweet breath says.  These … Continue reading →

It was a chilly, rainy Memorial Day weekend, but our spirits soared as we gathered to work on finishing our magnificent barn.  Today’s main project was prepping and applying slip straw insulation to some remaining walls.  Some, like Theresa, pitched … Continue reading →

By Theresa Jensen Mother’s Day morning.  I woke gently with the early morning light breaking through the window shades – even before the alarm!  Aha, the melatonin had worked and I had slept through the night.  Blessed be.  This was … Continue reading →

Dear friends,  We greet this May with tremendous excitement to be proceeding full steam ahead with Village development!  It is HUGELY gratifying to be at this point.  And, the tasks ahead will take a village to achieve.  CGEV is now … Continue reading →

Birds singing, frogs croaking, water burbling, breezes whispering…  After Winter’s hush, the music of Spring beckons, urging us to join in the dance of life returning and inspiring us to tune into the seeds within that crave tending as the … Continue reading →

  by Margret Mueller Back in January, Hope and I planned an adventure on the land to count birds.  Some of you may be familiar with the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (read more about it here: audubon.org/conservation/about-great-backyard-bird-count). This is … Continue reading →

This is a repeat of the calendar sent on January 31 through our ListServ.  Apologies for the late posting! February is a time to look at sobering truths together while strengthening our connections with each other and the land: We’re … Continue reading →

Photo by Doug Jones Dear friends, Amidst the danger, sorrow, and uncertainty of this past year, Common Ground Ecovillage members have found strength, solace, and meaning from engagement with the land, from the connections nourished between us through shared values … Continue reading →

Photo by Margaret Anderson Amid the fading of Autumn and bluster of early Winter, long shadows paint strokes of dun and gray across the fields.  The crops are swathed against the cold in the hopes that all will remain verdant … Continue reading →