Author Archives: Hope

Birds singing, frogs croaking, water burbling, breezes whispering…  After Winter’s hush, the music of Spring beckons, urging us to join in the dance of life returning and inspiring us to tune into the seeds within that crave tending as the … Continue reading →

  by Margret Mueller Back in January, Hope and I planned an adventure on the land to count birds.  Some of you may be familiar with the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (read more about it here: audubon.org/conservation/about-great-backyard-bird-count). This is … Continue reading →

This is a repeat of the calendar sent on January 31 through our ListServ.  Apologies for the late posting! February is a time to look at sobering truths together while strengthening our connections with each other and the land: We’re … Continue reading →

Photo by Doug Jones Dear friends, Amidst the danger, sorrow, and uncertainty of this past year, Common Ground Ecovillage members have found strength, solace, and meaning from engagement with the land, from the connections nourished between us through shared values … Continue reading →

Photo by Margaret Anderson Amid the fading of Autumn and bluster of early Winter, long shadows paint strokes of dun and gray across the fields.  The crops are swathed against the cold in the hopes that all will remain verdant … Continue reading →

Friends, Neither rain, nor hurricane Zeta, nor upcoming elections will dampen our spirits or keep this calendar out of the mail.  (Okay, it’s a day late because we lost power at the Nest.)  Here’s a link: https://www.commonground.eco/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nourishing-November-calendar-2020.pdf Or, visit the … Continue reading →

You want to contribute to something positive in the world?  Show up at Common Ground Ecovillage.  The October Calendar lists a dazzling variety of ways to engage: Develop knowledge and intimacy with the land through our *NEW* Simpler Living: Earth … Continue reading →

Lately we have received a prose poem on the subject of the name change, after an evening on the land, by a pseudonymous member to be known to us only as Change O. Heart (no relation to any Harts we … Continue reading →

by the Membership & Marketing Circle   As many of you know, we have just completed a four-month process of choosing a new name.  ?We are now COMMON GROUND ECOVILLAGE!?  This is a name that we think reflects our community … Continue reading →

by Anthony Weston The Planning, Design, and Development (PDD) Functional Circle has just concluded schematic design for the Common House, and we are also in the midst of another key planning initiative, “Raising Sights 2020”. We also just hosted a … Continue reading →