-
Life Begins After Fire: An Opportunity to Help
August 23, 2012 As we watch fires around the country yanking folks lives apart and taking out family homes, it is good to take a moment and remember prayers are needed now and physical help is needed in the months and years ahead. In February 2011 a windstorm and fire destroyed homes in White Swan. …
-
Dough, A Cut Above
August 3, 2012 Forty-eight youth, electrical tools, water, and multiplying organisms equal what? A bit of chaos! An interesting day bubbles up when youth—pre-school thru sixth-grade—make bread together. With the phrase on the white board saying “There is a Fungus Among Us” youth entered the kitchen full of flour, mixers, and yeast. Most everyone has…
-
A Future in Clay
July 21, 2012 My Future changes just a bit during the summer. Throughout the school year My Future is an extended learning time for middle and high school students. During the summer, though it becomes an extended learning center for pre-school to sixth grade students. Middle school students become mentors and high school (and high-school…
-
First Days
June 19, 2012 A day of firsts defines yesterday. The summer after-school program began (our latest start ever…snow days kept school in session longer than normal). And the first workgroups of the summer arrived and began working on a number of projects—one of which is clearing a lot where we will build a home destroyed…
-
Not A Weed
May 29, 2012 An irrigation ditch runs along the west side of the farm. Diverted from the Yakima River, the ditchwater has visited a hundred farms and ranches by the time it reaches the JustLiving Farm. Flowing past farms and homesteads means the seeds and plants of others get caught up in the water and…
Chewing the Cud 