The Leaves of Twin Oaks Spring 2001 - Page 4
Membership is on the rise. Twin Oaks began 2000 with 68 adults. We started 2001 with 73. Plus we have already had some large, exciting (and excited) 3 week visitor groups. Our 73 adults are divided 45%/55% female/male. Average age was 44 years, up exactly one year from January 2000. However the average age of people joining in all of 2000 was about 35.
Average length of stay at Twin Oaks rose to 9.0 years. In
1999, 64 visitors completed a three week visitor period; in
2000, 76 people did.
Cassie's Fads and Fancies
In January of 2001, the following were on-going, or at least
going on, in our busy little eco-village:
*Kombucha production and consumption (fermented tea drink)
*Consuming black tea for health (unfermented tea drink)
*Anarchism Group (weekly dinners)
*Polyamory Group (weekly dinners)
*Knitting Group (2 hours every winter Sunday, for 8 years)
*Art Night (hang out, do art - weekly)
*Play with Spirit (weekly games)
*Membership Visioning (weekly working on cmty issues)
*Co-Counseling (weekly support group)
*Yanceyville Church choir & Louisa Community choir
*Women's Full Moon Ritual
*Validation Day Card Making
*Women's Tea (as Nashoba)
*NY Times Crossword Puzzles
*Juggling Class (weekly)
*Drum Circle and Workshop (weekly)
Quickies
The Trade Off Game, made its very belated appearance
February 13. Old timers remember when it came out in late November,
in time for tallying before the Solstice holidays.
January brought us three new calves - all male. In February we were blessed with two more healthy boys.
Every Monday, Alder now reads the news three times an hour on WNRN's wonderful "Acoustic Sunrise" radio show in Charlottesville.
Three Oaks kids now take Tae Kwan Do through Louisa County Parks & Rec. Chris O, Arlo, and Cedar are all yellow belts. Zack and Sage from Acorn also go.
February 10, we celebrated Ione's twentieth anniversary at Twin Oaks. Ione had a wine and cheese happy hour in Harmony, followed by a lovely Chinese dinner, including shrimp egg foo yung, prepared lovingly by George, our new gourmet chef.
Devon's new CD is mostly finished and will be released
April 13. Listen to a free sample, or save time and just order
your copy, from www.devonmusic.com. And come to the blow-out
Charlottesville CD release party, Friday, April 13 at Starr
Hill Music Hall.