The year in review | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rob Sandelin (Floriferousclassic.msn.com) | |
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 13:37:17 -0600 |
I am sending you all, my internet friends, a letter about the year at Sharingwood. I would encourage you all to reciprocate. Another year has gone by. The major events in a social community involve the comings and goings of people. We had our first family leave the community this year. Lots of people have come and gone before actually buying into a house and this was the first family with kids that has left. We cobbled together a goodbye ceremoney which was very touching. We had two other families move onto the land, as well as people shifting homes. Over the summer we launched the school around us, a random series of educational events. The first event was a local historian who came and with large maps and slides gave us a history of the area we live in. This attracted a number of the families from outside the community as well. Another school around us event we had a resident doctor explain about colds and flus, how they transfer, their life history.We also had a well-known professional musician come a do a whole history and explaination of the nutcracker, accompanied by slides and music. I finally figured out the story. Hope to continue the school around us and expand it during the coming year. The homeschool coop continued to use the commonhouse, shifting from science to history this year. Numerous parties were held in the commonhouse. We finally installed some path lights to the commonhouse after a year of using the building. The halloween party budget fair was very fun, aliens and ghosts, and even death himself made bids for budget items. In the late fall the much anticipated construction of our second phase began with large machines moving dirt and dozens upon dozens of truckloads of rocks to build the road and pathways. The playfield took shape, and several adjustments were made to the plan as we continue to run into small glitches here and there. At the same time, the natural gas folks finally started installing the natural gas lines so the whole area is torn up as they lay the pipes along the road. Last night the kids drama club put on "The initiation" their most complex performance to date, with sets, and lines and even....acting! It was a standing room only crowd, many folks from outside the community as well. We then transitioned into our annual new years party with lots of board and card games, movies for the kids, and loud music. May your community endeavors bring you happiness throughout the year Rob Sandelin Sharingwood
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