HOUSE NEWS: No Roundtable, Fundraiser Instead; Local Cheese, More Blue House Pants, and Congratulations Patrick

Dear Friends,
For this week’s schedule – click here.
What a busy week! The alternative spring breakers from the University of Cincinnati were a joy to have at the house last week – and very productive as well! Not only did they clear part of the empty lot we’ll be using as our new house garden, but [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away…and the Lord giveth back again

Dear friends,
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CAR UPDATE: After a week of being awol, our vehicle was returned to us. It apparently was used for some–let’s just say, unsavory–activities. Thanks to someone in a Nissan Pathfinder almost running down a police officer in Williston last Tuesday [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Kendera’s birthday, a FULL house and who stole our car?!

Dear friends,
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STOLEN CAR: Well, Spring Break is usually a fairly uneventful week at the GCW, seeing that we typically scale back a little, and the younger ones among us partake of the same spring fever that their counterparts at UF and [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Only Cafes and Breakfast Brigade this week

Dear friends,
Due to UF and Santa Fe Spring Breaks and travel/breaks for several of our community members, we’re on a “skeleton schedule” this week. The only activities at the house this week are Dorothy’s Cafe (both Wednesday and Sunday) and Breakfast Brigade (Friday). Other than that, we’ll be in-and-out, doing some catch-up work and getting [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Blue House Pants begins, Thursday Mass, and more

Dear friends,
For a complete list of what is happening at the house this week, click here.
BLUE HOUSE PANTS BEGINS: A new project at the GCW! Kelli will write more about this in the weeks to come, but in a nutshell, if you know how to sew or want to learn to sew, join us [...]

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OPINION: Depression and Depression

One facet of our “new economic reality” (what will it be called someday – the Great Collapse?) that warrants some thinking about is the emotional/spiritual side of this kind of loss. It’s been less than six months since the market took its historic plunge and the bailouts began, and most of us have been in [...]

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