Cohousing-L Mailing List: Peace vigils and cohousing

[Marty Roberts (MartyR]

It is another wonder of cohousing to share these very important moments 
together.  Last night we had an extra fancy dinner prepared by one of 
our gourmet nonresident members.  Delicious and thoroughly enjoyed - we 
hated to jump up to go to the candlelight vigil, but it was important.  
It felt so good to see almost the entire community make their way down 
to our town plaza in Sebastopol to hold candles for peace.  We sang 
songs and smiled at our neighbors - I'm sure many silent prayers were 
going on inside.  A local Rabbi friend leaned over and said "It all 
seems so hopeless. tomorrow we may all be here mourning...."  and I 
said, "yes, but it at least feels good to all be here together offering 
support and solidarity - to be among like minded souls."  and he said  
"Yes...."  A plane flew over at one point and we all held our candles 
high for a possible photo - a beautiful sight.

Then we made our way back to the Common House for a champagne 
celebration of one of our couple's first grandchild being born 
yesterday - new life to counter-balance fear and destruction.

I felt proud of our community for their common values for peace and so 
many other values we share.
Marty Roberts
Two Acre Wood, Sebastopol, CA

Note:  I hear there were more than 100 vigils in the SF Bay Area alone.



> Here near Middle Musquodoboit in Nova Scotia our village of 500 people 
> is
> holding a vigil.  The concern is universal, it appears.
> Kathryn
>
>
> > It was announced yesterday at our local "No war on Iraq" 
> > demonstration t=
> hat there were multiple sites in Cincinnati where one could go to 
> partici=
> pate in the vigil tonight. It was such a beautiful day here (69 
> degress a=
> nd sunny) after a long, cold, snowy winter, that we were lounging on 
> the =
> deck until dark.  I walked into the house and clicked on my email.  
> The l=
> istserve had four messages so I started to read them only to be 
> reminded =
> that the vigil started at 7:00.  We rushed to the site at Hamilton and 
> Ot=
> te and found over 200 people lining the street with candles and signs. 
>  T=
> his was such a moving experience for me because this site is just 3 
> block=
> s from a parcel of land that may one day become the Cincinnati 
> Ecovillage=
> =2E  We are working with the city to get the rights to develop a 7 
> acre p=
> arcel which was once cleared for a freeway.  The community stopped the 
> bu=
> ilding of the freeway and now the state will turn the land back to the 
> ci=
> ty. Without the list serve, we wouldn't have made it to the vigil.  I 
> am =
> so glad that I didn't miss this opportunity to participate as one of 
> the =
> over 6000 sites in 169 countries.  (http://www.globalvigil.org)
> > Please post pictures from all the cohousers and the cohousing 
> > communitie=
> s that participated.=20
> Peace is possible.
> Diana Porter
> Cincinati EcoVillage

>   We decided to hold a vigil on our front lawn here at
> Cambridge Cohousing (MA) and had about 50 people attend, including 
> several
> people from the neighborhood whom we met for the first time this 
> evening.
> Most of our children, 2 through 17 years old, participated.  For the 
> most
> part, it was a silent vigil, very moving, which ended with some 
> singing and
> then moved into the Common House for hot cocoa, cider, popcorn and 
> cookies.
> Lots of photos were taken but I'm still waiting to see the best ones 
> and
> will forward to the list, if appropriate.
>
> Yesterday about 15 of us stood on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge from 10am 
> till 12n
> as part of the Stand for Peace which stretched from Lexington to 
> Dorchester
> (about 15 miles).  We got so much positive response from people 
> driving by.
> In peace,
> Peg Blum
> pegb [at] cambridgecohousing.org
> http://www.cambridgecohousing.org

> I felt the same excitement last night at the candle vigil lin Nevada 
> Citi=
> y, Ca.    I'm sure the crowd of 200 was proportionately larger than 
> what =
> big ciites manage.  We lined the street and moved our candles  in 
> waves, =
> getting support from most of the traffic passing.  Friends called 
> earlier=
>  from Vancouver, Canada and Round Valley (Mendocino County) to say 
> "we"ll=
>  be lighting when you are".   Such a united caring must matter!
Marty Roberts Productions
Video and Web Site Production
http://www.martyrobertsproductions.com
(707) 829-9191

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