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What do 3rd Rock from the Sun and Dirty Dancing have in common?
(hint: it’s not Wayne Knight) I got caught. I was at the beach and a neighbor saw me on my phone instead of enjoying nature. I know I think snide thoughts when I see others doing that but in my … Continue reading
Ways to meet your neighbors
Who knew that my home insurance could have such an interesting blog? Here are tips for those of us in the real world on how to meet our neighbors. If we want to!!! Cohousing is not the only solution to … Continue reading
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The Anarchists on HBO and The Deep End on Hulu
Sometimes shows can capture what life is like living in a forming community. HBO has a documentary called The Anarchists about a group of, you guessed it, anarchists organizing a conference and living in Acapulco, Mexico. This show demonstrates exactly … Continue reading
Summer travels and somethings stuck in the chimney and I don’t know what it is
Summer is almost over. For me, and most kids, summer ends when school starts. So, I thought I’d tell the tale of our travels. My son on the autism spectrum, age 17, decided he was only happy traveling and I … Continue reading
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need for support during grief
This article is interesting – how in this country we need more support for those who are grieving instead of putting it all on the person. I know I grieved a lot the loss of the dream of cohousing. Luckily … Continue reading
Real humans
I saw the above quote yesterday on Facebook. I cant’ stop thinking about it. If 98% of a cohousing community ignores you what does that say about them? I tried talking to each person about what happened and my choices … Continue reading
My money pit or ours?
I’m starting to regret selling my house in cohousing. It was a nice, new construction so my life as a landlord was easy. No repairs, nothing. Now I don’t’ even have renters in yet and the AC broke and I … Continue reading
I Don’t Speak IKEA
I went into an IKEA for the first time ever yesterday. It is a completely new world and experience. My brother loves it and says he and his young kids spend the whole day there. I see there is a … Continue reading
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Landlord by accident and Loving it
Some say that cohousing was a transformative experience for them. For me it was a personal workshop that I would’ve preferred to have done without. However, like everything, I did develop some new skills. Since I ran away rather quickly … Continue reading
The C word
I’ve been traveling a lot the past few months. I’ve seen old friends and made new ones. I met up with a friend, Claire, who visited me a few years ago. She had remembered, but I had forgotten, that we … Continue reading