ICE COLD IN YELLOW SPRINGS

It has been a rough late winter in Ohio, to the point of closing schools in Yellow Springs for nearly two weeks straight in February. The roads were so icy it was dangerous to run the school buses, Dione says. It is better now, but still cold, icy and snowy--interrupting their move to a different house, which sounds like a really great place,. It is at the edge of town next to a conservation farm (cannot be sub-divided into housing), with an extra lot where Saul, Dione, and Mollie hope to build a brand new energy efficient and healthy house.

Mollie is in a school play with 250 other kids, and all in costumes. Each of the students gets to participate in some role, with performances last night and today (Sunday). Dione says it turned out really well, with hundreds of parents, other farmily, and local townspeople in attendance. Sounds like real community spirit!

Saul and Dione will jointly teach a course this spring on "Global Ecology," at Antioch College. The text book (called "Collapse") was written by a guy who lives part of the year in western Montana, and is concerned about the damage being done to the environment and the economy in the state because of too much inappropriate development.