People Care Archives - Page 7 of 16

Letting Go Slowly

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 27, 2017. Posted in Chosen Family, Conscious Dying, Hut Hamlet, Members. No Comments on Letting Go Slowly

When you fall in love with community-mates, over time and through all kinds of circumstances, you develop a relationship very much like family. When they leave or die, it’s an amazing loss and also a treasure trove of meaningful connection and nourishing memory. We can’t say enough about...

New Baby!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 18, 2017. Posted in Celebrations, Families and Children, Village Terraces. No Comments on New Baby!

We’re blessed with the arrival of Jasper Ori Millar-Swiftcreek, born to Julia and Jonathan August 29, Virgo Sun/ Sagittarius Moon! Originally from Richmond, VA, Jonathan came to Earthaven from Asheville in 2009. He is passionate about family and children, and about food production and...

Dancing Into Our 24th Year!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 15, 2017. Posted in Celebrations, Social Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Dancing Into Our 24th Year!

On Monday, September 11th, we turned 23 years young, managed a small parade in the wake of Hurricane Irma weather, and packed the White Owl for a community lunch and some good old socializing! Then on Saturday night, the 16th, nearby Celo-community-based gypsy jazz band Carpathian Spruce...

Beltaine – one of Earthaven’s favorite celebrations!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 15, 2017. Posted in Articles, Celebrations and Gratitudes, Social Events, Spirit and Culture, Village Life. No Comments on Beltaine – one of Earthaven’s favorite celebrations!

by Melissa Lemoing (aka River Otter) On Sunday, April 30, we celebrated Beltaine, or May Day, the holiday mid-way between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, which celebrates the full flowering of the powerful energy of Springtime. In lighting the Bel-fire together we take part in an...

A Young Teen’s View of Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 1, 2017. Posted in Families and Children, Village Life. No Comments on A Young Teen’s View of Earthaven

by Aidan O’Hare Earthaven has 330 acres. About 40 are devoted to farmland, and 50 to neighborhoods and their gardens. So there are more than 200 acres in forest! I like living there because it feels like a world inside of the world. When I was little I thought it was normal to live in the...

Teens at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 31, 2017. Posted in Families and Children, Fun and Play, Village Life. No Comments on Teens at Earthaven

Soon several young folks at Earthaven will be turning 18, an age we’ve often considered time to wonder about their relationships to formal membership. right: Not long ago, three Earthaven teens—Bailey (now 15), brother Brandt (now 18) and Dylan (17 next month)—still had plenty of time to hang...

Beloved Member, Friend, Community Leader Kimchi Rylander passes away at 56

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 25, 2017. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Chosen Family, Conscious Dying, Members. No Comments on Beloved Member, Friend, Community Leader Kimchi Rylander passes away at 56

by Sarah Anne Amazon Kimchi Rylander came into my life 10 years ago at the Southeastern Permaculture gathering in Celo, NC. In the last year of her life, we were on “The Divine Feminine” committee for the gathering and when we met she would share her perspective,...

Living in Place – Three Big Blessings of Living at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2016. Posted in Articles, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Living in Place – Three Big Blessings of Living at Earthaven

One: Taking charge of time All it takes is a few hours out in town or on the road to re-realize how differently we live out here at Earthaven. So many basics of daily life are different; time is different. Priorities have to be different—so we’ve made quite a bit of room in our relationships and...

Earthaven Turns 22!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 30, 2016. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Members, Social Events. No Comments on Earthaven Turns 22!

Earthaven celebrated our 22nd birthday on September 11th. We held a community-wide check-in, giving new and long-term members a special opportunity to sit together in a big circle, catch up with each other and touch hearts. The annual parade down Another Way stopped to celebrate completion of the...

Coming of Age in Community – Mira Tieman Turns 18, and we celebrate!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 2, 2016. Posted in Celebrations, Celebrations and Gratitudes, Families and Children. No Comments on Coming of Age in Community – Mira Tieman Turns 18, and we celebrate!

Our teenagers keep growing, and soon the oldest ones will no longer be teens. Mira Biddle Tieman, first baby of a member born since Earthaven began, spent as much time living at Earthaven as her Mom, Tara, could conjure, while living and working in Asheville the rest of the time. They traveled...