Front Porch 'Aha aha (s)
Real-time living
where we 'make do.'
where we 'make do.'
'Aha
(Hawaiian language)
1. meeting, gathering
2. sennit cord braided of coconut
3. to stretch the 'aha cord for the outline of the house so the posts may be properly placed
aha
(English language)
-- an interjection used when something is suddenly seen,found, or understood
We're cooking up a Summer and Fall Series of gathering to be staged right off of Vardo for Two's front porch. In the spirit of home-made ceremony, weaving language and cultures and The Safety Pin-style common magic we have consulted the Moon (using Kaulana Mahina the Hawaiian Moon Calendar), asked permission, and will hitch-up our golden wagon and show up for two
FRONT PORCH 'Aha, 2017
We gathered friends who have shared their lives and grown community with us here on Whidbey Island. We had thanks to extend to them, and a vision we saw as our future. We hoped it was time to move back to Hawaii.
The details and the timing are a morphing creature; a reflection of our lives with Environmental Illness. There's no outrunning Environmental Illness, and the only way through is by befriending time or redefining it.
These Front Porch 'Aha are an important part of our plan to modernize our approach to collaboration, give thanks to the community we have grown on on Whidbey Island and ask for help as we clarify our needs and our values at this point in our lives.
The details and the timing are a morphing creature; a reflection of our lives with Environmental Illness. There's no outrunning Environmental Illness, and the only way through is by befriending time or redefining it.
These Front Porch 'Aha are an important part of our plan to modernize our approach to collaboration, give thanks to the community we have grown on on Whidbey Island and ask for help as we clarify our needs and our values at this point in our lives.
Saturday, July 8, 2017
7-9 PM
Tentatively we will gather again on
7-9 PM
South Whidbey Tilth Sustainable Campus
Corner of Thompson Road and Highway 525
Since this first `Aha, the plan has jiggled like a kaleidoscope.
Saturday, September 2, 2017
(time and place to be announced)
(time and place to be announced)
Bring a dish to share for potluck, enjoy some storytelling and get inspired about what it takes to 'make do' by joining us at our Front Porch `Aha.
Updates here ...
The first Front Porch `Aha on the land at South Whidbey Tilth was a wonderful event. I posted an article about it here: http://vardofortwo2.blogspot.com/2017/07/we-are-where-we-should-be-front-porch.html
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