March Snow (and then comes mud!)

We got a couple inches of sparkly snow a few days ago and three more inches yesterday! Those of us who weren't ready for winter to be over can revel in a little more skiing and those who are ready to be done clearing snow and ice off our cars, spring is on its way. Many (most?) of us embrace winter and all of its associated activities. Lots of us take advantage of the groomed cross country ski trails and snowshoe in our forest.

It's been a minute since we've done a blog post. We are here. We are navigating life just like the rest of you. We are busy with careers, starting new jobs, new organizations, writing books, and so much more. We are raising kids through yet another disrupted school year with classroom quarantines and shifting protocols. We have our evening and weekend community meetings via Zoom and we haven't had an indoor community meal in two years. We are in the midst of spending several months re-evaluating our community values, twenty years into this huge experiment, while being heartbroken by the state of our world. We have welcomed new neighbors and are getting to know each other much slower than we would in the now non-existent "normal" times. Some of us find ways to be social together and others have pulled way back from community life the last two years. We continue to receive lots of outside interest in our community and correspond with folks the best we are able. Onward, with the ups and downs and messy mud of March and community life!