by Chris Schlake | Nov 28, 2017 | blog post, building and planning, Featured, inspiration, Living in Community, members, see what's happening page only, Uncategorized, Village living |
After stepping, and stepping, and stepping again through the many hoops leading up to a conventional mortgage, it was finally go time. With a rush of excitement we’d held and harbored for years, we submitted the hefty block of documents to our loan officer Chad, a...
by Heidi Griswold | Sep 17, 2017 | Events |
by Heidi Griswold | Jun 20, 2017 | blog post, Events, Featured, Fire, inspiration, see what's happening page only |
Would you like the authentic knowing of your heart to be your guide? How do you know if your dreams are aligned with your heart and true purpose? Many “dreams” are simply desires, born of a sense of lack, and will not create true fulfilment, even if realized. It is in...
by Chris Schlake | Feb 12, 2017 | blog post, building and planning, Featured, inspiration |
Dear Fire Community, As many of you know, a number of us in the high desert of Western Colorado came together through a shared vision and stubborn longing for a way of life that enabled and encouraged a deeper connection with the land and with each other. An...
by Deanna Jenné | Oct 29, 2016 | blog post, Featured, inspiration, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Village living |
You must first work with the Spiritual matters to support all your other concerns. That is the way to sustainability. ~ Grandfather Fire Sustainability to most people means maintaining their current lifestyle. It’s a “recycling word” within the system in which one...
by Deanna Jenné | Sep 9, 2016 | blog post, building and planning, Events, Fire, Living in Community, see what's happening page only, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Village living |
“Ovens and bread exemplify how simple connections to land and food …can heal many ills.” Alan Scott, Oatlands, Tasmania Community bake houses have been a part of Villages over the Ages. Historically they were called the hearth, the center of a...
by Deanna Jenné | Aug 10, 2016 | see what's happening page only |
A place to gather a place for healing. It was time to build. We had a few dollars and felt the Council House, affectionately known as the ‘Consultorio’ would be the first building on the property. It is a place to gather, to meet and a place for healing....
by Deanna Jenné | Jul 19, 2016 | blog post, Featured, see what's happening page only, Uncategorized |
What was years of working out the bureaucratic legal issues of a road easement with a local rancher who’s family has lived here for 100 years, the public lands held by the Bureau of Land Management and with our property’s title insurance company, the...
by Paige Liederman | May 4, 2016 | members |
Paige’s whole life has been preparation for the joys and rigors of living in community. From her experience as a worker-owner of a restaurant cooperative, to living in two different intentional communities, to serving as a classroom teacher and participating in the...
by Gary Weidner | May 4, 2016 | members |
Gary is a marakame (initiated healer) in the tradition of the Huichol Indians of western Mexico, and a granicero (initiated weatherworker) in the tradition of the Nahua Indians also of Mexico. He has been a practitioner of Rolfing® Structural Integration since 1988....