"occupy Lost Valley"

or
"I found myself at Lost valley".

A friend was staying at LV for a few days. A few of us thought it would be fun to go make dinner and eat out there with her. On weekends Lv usually doesnt have community meals, and sometimes the whole place just clears out. It was pretty dead while we were there, although I did meet a few new people and a little boy joined us for most of the night- which was a little weird... where were his parents?! I guess they were somewhere, trusting that he was safe, and thats ok with me.
It was fun connecting with my friends, establishing our new tribal family, in a 'neutral' setting, eating squash and butter mmmmmmm. It sounds like we are going to start building tiny structures soon. that is exciting. I cant wait to start helping with that!

suburban lifestyle

I dont remember if I already mentioned that I live in the suburbs. Sometimes it feels like a community, a superficial one, but still. There are tons of kids here for Ama to play with, people at least vaguely know who lives here, and I could probably borrow sugar from a neighbor if I needed to. It is so weird here though. It's like living on another planet. As one friend put it 'its so sterile.' If the lawn gets a quarter inch too high, it gets mowed. If one person decorates for Halloween, they all do. I am pretty certain I am the only one in the neighborhood renting a room. Other than my roommate, I am probably the only single mother on the block. There are no gardens. I accidentally guerrilla gardened some fava beans that got mowed today. Everyone is excited about the duck games... thats football.
I spend most of my days in town... at my mom's, at my friends', at tine house.
I get to come home to a nice, quiet, clean and warm house.