Monday, June 13, 2011

Being Better - The Problem with Rules



What a relief. Last week saw the end of school here at our house. The rush to finish up work, especially for my oldest who was diagnosed only a few weeks prior with Asperger's Syndrome and dysgraphia, included copious amounts of fist pounding anguish as we tried to plow though enough assignments to pass. Needless to say that factored heavily into my creativity nodule being shocked into paralysis. At least I did manage some small amount of off-line story work, but I digress.

One of my favorite things that I have learned from my Aspie son is a healthy distain for how things are 'supposed' to be. As a creative sort myself I was already predisposed to fight the tide, but the task of

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Cohousing!



Sounds like a step in a relationship cycle doesn't it? Somewhere after pre-engagement but before marriage. It's not that. Any of you all remember living in a small town? Or say (like me) remember watching something like that on TV? Cohousing is a planned effort to create that same supportive community environment in a small neighborhood setting. On its face it is sort of an odd notion. Building a group of houses around the idea of a proverbial campfire, with