April 1-9

 Leonie loves meetings!

This last week seemed like it was filled with meeting after meeting: discussing the new ten week residential program, preparing for the upcoming Spring program season, reviewing the status of the several building projects that are underway, and generally organizing ourselves now that there are four of us in residence. It all felt curiously tedious and abundant all at the same time.

representing Indralaya at the job fair

Several decisions were made about the new Ten Week Gap Year program. For one, it is no longer the Gap Year program, and is now oriented towards anyone age 18-30 that is seeking to better understand themselves and their place in the world. We felt that continuing to use the ‘gap year’ terminology might be limiting in this regard.  The new name for the program is “Seeking Purpose in a World in Transition: A Ten Week Residential Program at Indralaya”. Additional updated information is available on the Indralaya website.

Later in the week, armed with the repurposed and retitled program information, Emlyn headed south to share information about the new program at a job fair co-sponsored by St. Martin’s University and the Evergreen State College. It seemed to be a fruitful time, during which Emlyn had the opportunity to discuss the program with faculty and administrators from both schools and several interested students picked up applications.

green car

Meanwhile, out in the natural world, an amazing profusion of pollen was pouring from the evergreens. At times it truly seemed as if green rain was falling down from the sky.