Much of the week just finished had something of topsy-turvy quality to it. The week began with an email from program leader Grace Crowley advising that she was ill and wasn't sure that she would be better in time to lead the program that was to begin on Thursday. After some conversation back and forth with Grace and Board chair Jeannie Chamberlain, we decided that the best course of action was to cancel the program. This made for a busy day contacting everyone registered for the program and advising them of the situation.
As it turned out Jeannie was also not well and by Wednesday she was not sure if she was going to be sufficiently recovered to be present for the Indralaya Board meeting that had also been planned for the weekend. After a round of emails with all of the Board to see if we could find an alternative meeting date, the decision was made to proceed with the Board meeting as scheduled.
newly built cold-frame
In addition to this somewhat fitful approach to the weekend, there was a great deal going on as follow-up to the work party and in preparation for the Board meeting. This included looking into alternatives for rebuilding a stage in the grove, meeting with an electrician to talk about the possibility of relocating electrical service at Kunz cabin, developing a plan for implementing a change to the CiviCRM software that was the subject of my visit to San Francisco a couple weeks ago, following through on several decisions that the Indralaya investment committee had made at a meeting on Friday night of the work party, continuing with the work on Wisteria cabin, and so forth. All this and completing the meadow’s first full mowing of the Spring!
Eventually, the weekend came. The Board met, four of the people who had registered for the cancelled program came up for personal retreats, and the weather was splendid. On Sunday, Bil, Jake, Jesse, Leonie and me went to the Bullock farm potluck, then dropped Jesse at the ferry landing as his time as an Indralaya wwoofer came to an end.
leaf green crabapple
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