Cohousing-L Mailing List: passeggiata celebration

[Maraiah (Lynn) Nadeau (welcome]

We just had a successful social event inspired by the European tradition, in 
some places, of a certain time when much of the population takes to the street 
for a stroll, and to chat with their neighbors. In Italy, it’s called 
“passeggiata”; in Yugoslavia, “corso”.

Our 23 single-family homes are spread over our 9-acre site. A map was drawn up 
with a walking route that passed all the houses. We were assigned either the 
clockwise or the counter-clockwise loop. At the appointed time, we were to set 
out from our house, on foot, in the prescribed direction. As we encountered 
each other en route, we were to stop and tell the other person something we 
appreciated about them. It worked out that each of us encountered, in turn, 
almost everyone else. if the walking was a problem for someone, they could just 
wait by their house and share with walkers as they passed by.

In such pairs we shared appreciations, ranging from humorous to profound. All 
positive! It was fun and a good morale booster.

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing
Port Townsend WA

www.rosewind.org <http://www.rosewind.org/>