Contributor Columns
Winter in a Time of Uncertainty: A Dancing Rabbit Update
I remember when I was in college, I hated the time when I was back on campus but classes hadn’t started yet. There’s something about the in-between time and the waiting around that is pretty uncomfortable for me. This season of the year also feels like a time of uncertainty and waiting for…
Read MoreSew & Go Quilt Guild November Meeting
Submitted by Tina Newcomb Sew & Go Quilt Guild met at the United Methodist Church on November 9, 2021. Those having food for the meeting was Jennifer Esser and Tina Newcomb. Debbie Payne, President, called the meeting to order. Minutes were read and approved as well as the treasurer’s report was given by Tina M.…
Read MoreJavon Jameson’s Christmas
By Carolyn L. Primm In her fifty seventh year, Marian Feldwater was preparing for yet another children’s Christmas program. Javon Jameson was going to be the death of her, but she could not exclude him. Javon had attended Sunday School faithfully for over two years now. Marian had cast Javon as a shepherd. The shepherds…
Read MoreDancing Rabbit: Celebrating Life in a Sustainable Intentional Community
This Thanksgiving, as a new resident of the tri-communities, I am thankful for many things in my life. As a Mexican American woman who grew up in California’s Central Valley, where industrial scale fields of almond trees, rows of grape vines, and large swaths of oil fields were the omnipresent and unavoidable landscape of my…
Read MoreCity of Downing Regular Meeting
DECEMBER 6, 2021 The Board of the City of Downing convened of 6:00pm on December 6, 2021 with Mayor Alan Garrett presiding. Present were Aldermen Bill Anderson, Ray Bange, and Joy VanWye. City Clerk Carol Dryden, Water/Waste Water Operator Kevin Martin. Copies of the Agenda, Minutes of the last Meeting, Deposits & Disbursements, Monthly Water…
Read MoreIt’s For the Birds
By Sandra Ebeling This time of year, many of us start thinking about the thanksgiving holiday. Thoughts of turkey, dressing, and all the sides along with pumpkin and usually pecan pie start going through the cooks in your families head.She will purchase what she needs, that isn’t grown from her large garden, prepare pies, make…
Read MoreAfter The Fire: A Dancing Rabbit Update
Howdy, y’all. This is Ben, bringing you something of an update from the sooty remains of Critter Kitchen, up along the old fence line, past the bend in the gravel road at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. And yeah, with or without the scattered coal and ashes, the charred and skeletal remnants of timber frame bents, or…
Read MoreIt’s For the Birds
By Sandra Ebeling The weather is beautiful today, as I sit here,writing. I have once again been outside working getting the cabins closed up, mouse proofing and putting things in the storage shed. There are always those last minute things to put away, and those tiny holes to chink up tp keep the mice out. …
Read MoreCommission Minutes
Thursday, October 21, 2021 PLACE OF MEETING: Scotland County Courthouse Commission Chambers The meeting was called to order at 8:30 A.M. PRESENT WERE: Presiding Commissioner, Duane Ebeling, Eastern District Commissioner, Brent Rockhold, …
Read MoreIt’s For the Birds
By Sandra Ebeling I’m sure many of you have started feeding your feathered friends already. With this dreary weather, there are almost no birds in my front yard. As I mentioned before, I have a small flock of house sparrows, and quite a few immature Starlings in the yard. If we do end…
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