Cohousing?

I saw an article this morning in the Metro about something I'd never heard of before: cohousing. It's fascinating, because this goes to the heart of an issue I've been thinking about for a long time. Community.

I'm tired of living an isolated life. Human beings are social animals, and right now I feel cut off from society. I want to live in a real neighborhood, with people I know and like. I want children around for Sebastian to play with, to grow up with, and to not have to worry if he steps out of the house for a minute. I want friends nearby, next door...people to talk to, play with, hang out with.

Anyway, cohousing certainly sounds interesting. Okay, it sounds like it COULD be a bit like a commune, or even a little cult-like, I suppose. But interesting, too.

The article in the Metro was about a new cohousing group in the west-metro area. And it described them as "geeks with hobbies". It didn't mention the SCA by name, but clearly quite a few of them are into it.

Of course, I'm not an SCA guy, never have been, but the thought of living near a bunch of other roleplayers...wouldn't that be great?

Cohousing?

I saw an article this morning in the Metro about something I'd never heard of before: cohousing. It's fascinating, because this goes to the heart of an issue I've been thinking about for a long time. Community.

I'm tired of living an isolated life. Human beings are social animals, and right now I feel cut off from society. I want to live in a real neighborhood, with people I know and like. I want children around for Sebastian to play with, to grow up with, and to not have to worry if he steps out of the house for a minute. I want friends nearby, next door...people to talk to, play with, hang out with.

Anyway, cohousing certainly sounds interesting. Okay, it sounds like it COULD be a bit like a commune, or even a little cult-like, I suppose. But interesting, too.

The article in the Metro was about a new cohousing group in the west-metro area. And it described them as "geeks with hobbies". It didn't mention the SCA by name, but clearly quite a few of them are into it.

Of course, I'm not an SCA guy, never have been, but the thought of living near a bunch of other roleplayers...wouldn't that be great?

Panic In The Aisles

On Sunday evening I was still feeling pretty sick, but we were desperately short of groceries. So we took a ride to Market Basket to stock up.

Sebastian was worried about being seen in public; he had a band-aid covering a big scrape under his right eye, and was afraid that "people will laugh at me". We assured him that nobody would laugh.

It had snowed that day, and the roads were a little slippery, but we had no problem getting to the store. Sebastian saw a huge shopping cart, one attached to a little park bench on wheels, and was captivated. So we buckled him into the bench and I pushed him into the store.
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Teri went to bed early. I stayed up and baked a devil's food cake; Teri doesn't like my recipe for butter-cream frosting, so I had to use a can of pink vanilla-flavored frosting, since that was all we had. Just for the hell of it, I sprinkled decorative yellow sugar crystals over the frosting; the result was very pretty, although also extremely girly.

But it tasted great.

Then I browned a pound of meat, made bolognese sauce, and had that with ziti and garlic bread (heavenly). Stayed up far too late writing part three of "Grand Obsession", and finally crawled into bed close to midnight - MUCH too late, but when I get the urge I just have to write.

Panic In The Aisles

On Sunday evening I was still feeling pretty sick, but we were desperately short of groceries. So we took a ride to Market Basket to stock up.

Sebastian was worried about being seen in public; he had a band-aid covering a big scrape under his right eye, and was afraid that "people will laugh at me". We assured him that nobody would laugh.

It had snowed that day, and the roads were a little slippery, but we had no problem getting to the store. Sebastian saw a huge shopping cart, one attached to a little park bench on wheels, and was captivated. So we buckled him into the bench and I pushed him into the store.
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Teri went to bed early. I stayed up and baked a devil's food cake; Teri doesn't like my recipe for butter-cream frosting, so I had to use a can of pink vanilla-flavored frosting, since that was all we had. Just for the hell of it, I sprinkled decorative yellow sugar crystals over the frosting; the result was very pretty, although also extremely girly.

But it tasted great.

Then I browned a pound of meat, made bolognese sauce, and had that with ziti and garlic bread (heavenly). Stayed up far too late writing part three of "Grand Obsession", and finally crawled into bed close to midnight - MUCH too late, but when I get the urge I just have to write.