It has been a relatively quiet week at Indralaya, and this provided an opportunity to devote some time to laying the groundwork for upcoming activities and programs. We are looking forward to two upcoming “Indralaya on the Road” events next month. We will be holding town meetings in Bellingham on March 16 from 3:30 to 5:30 and in Vancouver on the 17th from 4:00-6:00. A core idea behind these events is that there is a dimension of Indralaya that goes beyond its physical (or geographic) location and that it is beneficial to bring together people involved in the camp community to enjoy each others company. All are welcome - if you would like more information, please let us know.
On Friday, Leonie headed to Seattle for a meeting. I joined her on Saturday for a weekend in town, and will be here for the entire week, taking some break time and attending an RJ Stewart workshop next weekend.
Hej Sverige (Hello Sweden)
Since beginning this blog roughly two and a half years ago, one of the unanticipated and surprising aspects of has been to directly experience and observe the global reach of the internet. In the past few weeks, there has been a significant upsurge in viewing of this blog from Sweden. For the past month, there have been more page views from Sweden than from any other country outside the United States. We’d like to know more about our global observers and invite anyone who would like to share who they are and where they live in the comment section.
February 25, 2013
February 18, 2013
February 11-17
a sun dappled meadow greets the start of the new season ...
It was a beautiful beginning to the 2013 Indralaya season as people began arriving on Friday for the President’s Day Weekend Work Party. A time for beginning again as the wheel of the seasons turns and the first tender shoots of the year to come begin to reveal themselves.
Approximately 20 participants were on hand through the weekend. Plenty of good work was done, friendships and family connections were renewed, good food was consumed, and a foundation was set for the season that lies ahead.
Bella rings the first bell of the season
Lars shows off his stylin’ new Indralaya apron
Joe was everywhere
Joe Macari had a hand in many of the weekend’s projects, including re-plumbing the drain under the vegetable washing sink to comply with new Health Department regulations and cleaning the kitchen hood fan. He also helped kick around ideas for heating the teepee, built the morning fire in the dining hall. On Sunday night, Joe became the newest life member of the Friends of Indralaya.
completed cupcake puzzle
A cupcake theme emerged over the course of the weekend. As at most work parties, a jigsaw puzzle was begun on Friday night. Someone choose the above 1000-piece puzzle to work on, which gradually led to a decision to have cupcakes for desert on Saturday night. The cupcakes then helped provide the fuel that was needed to complete the puzzle on Sunday night. Could the cupcake theme continue to develop over the course of the coming year? Only time will tell...
Saturday cupcake
hood fan cupcake koan
... and so we start again
February 11, 2013
February 4-10
Meg, Jen, Andy, Leonie & Minor
For the past few years, we've used a mail service to send out the annual program catalog and it has taken up to six weeks it to reach Canadian mail boxes. This year we decided to do it ourselves, so on Monday, we left for an overnight trip to Vancouver BC, where we mailed the 2013 program to the 500-plus people and families from Canada who are on the Indralaya mail list. It was heartening to hear that it was arriving in people’s mailboxes within the next few days.
the happily married couple
February 3, 2013
January 14 - February 3
We were away on vacation for the last two weeks of January, visiting friends and seeing the sights on the East Coast. Stops included Philadelphia, the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Leesburg and Charlottesville, Virginia, Washington DC and New York City.
In Philadelphia, we ate our first dinner of the trip at the White Dog Cafe, which is renowned for being at the forefront of the locovore movement in the US. Nearly all of the food they serve comes from within a 50 mile radius of the city. It is also slightly less renowned for its being named in honor of Theosophical Society co-founder HP Blavatsky, who lived upstairs with a white dog at the same address in the 1870’s. If you look up the cafe on Google Maps and click on the photo of the cafe interior and look around, you'll see a picture of Blavatsky hanging in the entryway just outside the kitchen.
While in Virginia we spent a night with Indralaya friends John, Dorena, Emma and Olivia Toomer in Leesburg, and several nights with Alise Nielsen near Charlottesville. All in all, it was an enjoyable trip and we felt refreshed when we returned to Indralaya last Tuesday.
at the Toomer’s
Once we got back there were an intense few days spent setting up the website for online registration for the 2013 program season. Registration opened up on February 1. And things are off to a fast start! In the first 48 hours, nearly 150 people registered for upcoming programs and work parties.
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