Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Request Lori's story

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hi Marty and all -- 

I wish I could email you Lori's story.  I only have a paper copy which I've 
copied over and over and over.  You could search the archives -- it would be 
back in the mid 90's or earlier.

This is the very reason we want to collect these great cohousing stories and 
keep them on line so when folks like you have a need for one you can find what 
you want easily.

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church VA
703 663 3911

On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Marty Maskall wrote:

> Hi Ann,
> 
> Thank you SO much for collecting stories.  I'm preparing a speech to give to
> community groups.  It will be titled:  Creating Community through Cohousing:
> Have More Fun & Live More Sustainably.
> 
> Can you email me Lori's story, please?  And please share it with the CohoL
> list.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Marty
> -------------
> Marty Maskall
> Project Manager & Future Resident
> www.FolsomEcoHousing.org -- a Family-Friendly Green Neighborhood just east
> of Sacramento, CA
> (916) 967-2472
> 
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> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:33:13 -0400
> From: Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Stories
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> Tell me a fact and I?ll learn. Tell me a truth and I?ll believe. But tell me
> a story and it will live in my heart forever.
> ? North American Indian quote
> 
> I find that the best way of describing what cohousing REALLY is ... that is,
> beyond the bricks n' mortar ... is through stories.  People grok cohousing
> when they hear a story.  A loooonnnng time ago, a member of this list whose
> name I think is Lori, wrote a post called:  What I Like About Living in
> Cohousing.   I still have it.  I still pass it out to people who ask me what
> it's like to live in one of our communities.
> 
> And we know there are a LOT of great cohousing stories out there.  We don't
> want to lose any of them!  What we ultimately hope to do with these gifts is
> create an online database where anyone can go read vignettes about
> cohousing.  Someday we might even publish a book of them.  
> 
> This time ... we're collecting best summertime stories.  Please have some
> fun by entering your favorite tale.  And you just might win that $25 gift
> card.  But you'll have fun regardless!
> 
> http://www.cohousingblog.com  scroll down to the announcement!
> 
> Best --
> 
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church VA
> 703 663 3911
> 
>