Spring is here! House Projects!

This is a house awash in projects. I thought I would devote a post to talking a little about each of them. The people living here are just so darned creative and driven!

1) The House Conference: “Free Food!”.  This has been in the works since October. It came originally out of a conversation Ketan and I had about the way we discuss food related issues, and a common desire to do so in the most constructive and forward moving manner possible. We’ve got a wonderful line of presentations lined up, and it looks like it will be well attended. Check back for an update on this after it happens!

2) The Soup Company. David has an idea of starting a soup delivery company, on the model of a subscription newspaper, which would involve delivering fresh soup to houses in the Annex on a weekly or bi weekly basis. While this would be a lot of work, we’ve done the math and it seems to work out. If this happens, we will get started either this spring or summer.

3) The Brewery. Scott and I have started brewing beer in the house for the personal enjoyment of the house and our friends. Our first batch was an Australian Dark Beer – and it’s actually quite good! We’ve also bought several “Big Easy” brewing kits from our local wine making shop. These are especially interesting because we’ve devised a way to re-use the yeast from the making of the beer to make various forms of grogg. Our best recipe so far seems to be boiled sugar and tea – it comes out tasting like cider!

4) “Get on the Bus”. David is planning to run a trip to Burning Man this year, which will involve a school bus (which I may be driving), and 10-20 excited participants. The theme for Burning Man this year is “metropolis” – so the theme of the trip will be Cities. The idea is to take a significant amount of time travelling both to and from Burning Man, stopping at Co-operatives, and other forward-looking things happening our contemporary cities. This may be combined with (3) because my idea is that our contribution to burning man could be serving beer we brew on the bus, on the way to Burning Man (this is eminently possible to do in large water tanks).

5) Five is a secret. It’s an idea for an amazing thing that might happen this summer, but I can’t tell you about it until the end of the week. Check back!

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