Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common Meal Accounting and planning

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> I just have one comment on Lynn's discussion of common meals.
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> I didn't realize that other groups had so few meals.  At southside park we
> have at least two meals a week and sometimes five - six, even after we
> have been here six years.  I think enthusiasm remains high for meals,
> although there are some households you rarely see.  The meals are usually
> good (not all of them), most everybody cooks, even the people who rarely
> eat.  If anything, our biggest problem is dealing with the noise generated
> by that many people at a meal.  During the summer a lot of people eat
> outdoors, but it is time to cool off and have us all inside.
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By the way, everyone, that was written by Maryann Jones, whose name got
mostly lost.

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Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California