Hello? Sorry I’ve been out of touch, I hope you are still out there, lovely readers! Its been a couple of months since I was last here. My time away was filled with new places, new faces and a lot of learning experiences. Costa Rica was amazingly beautiful, hot and humid, and filled with new sounds and sights. You can read more about the adventures Ray and I had here.
We spent our the first month of our trip at Rancho Mastatal where we were temporarily part of a hard working community that was lots of fun. We helped work on projects, such as: building with wattle and daub, framing simple walls, building compost piles, making a wooden counter for a sink, baking bread, fermenting foods, cooking meals, transplanting into swales, digging ditches, making glasses out of soda bottles, and picking mangoes from tall trees. I learned new skills which I can’t wait to use and improve and was really inspired by all of the projects that they incorporate into their efforts to live sustainably.
We are back in Maine for a couple of months until our move to the mid-west. I am excited to share some of the things that I have learned with you, but I admit that I might not be reporting here as much as I would like to until later in the summer. There are a few things I would like to do soon, though, like making ginger beer, and I will keep you posted!
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May 27, 2010 at 3:58 amWelcome home! Glad you had a good time. It sounds like you did some really meaningful work. I can't get over those wild parrots!