Well!

The subject of collective living seems to have hit a nerve, judging by the flurry of comments about our household on another local blog. We’ve actually been compared to the Manson family!  Crazy.

Collective Living 101

When I came downstairs this morning I found a note on the whiteboard in the kitchen. It was from Will to everyone: Is it possible to “reserve” the washing machine for Wednesday morning? he wrote. I need to do house laundry. Will’s note reminded me that I hadn’t yet done my own household chore, [...]

Collective Living FAQs

Comments and questions from people who have lived collectively or would like to know more about it. If you have an answer to these and any other questions –or questions of your own–please join in:
Who cooks?
Do you share your money?
Come on, someone has to be in charge, right?
Do you have any privacy?
What happens if [...]

Collective Living Nuts and Bolts

I wish there was more information out there for people interested in collective living, but here are some good places to start:
consensus decision-making
intentional communities wiki
NASCO

Residency Project, Marietta College, November 2005, Part 1

Two years ago some of my housemates and I, plus some people from another collective house in Greensboro, spent a weekend demonstrating collective living at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio. We set up in a student lounge and did the sorts of things we do all day–we talked and we worked on projects, we [...]

Residency Project, Marietta College, November 2005, Part 2

Welcome

I went out to dinner with my friend Elizabeth the other night and found myself sitting next to one of her graduate student assistants. We introduced ourselves and he said “Aren’t you Elizabeth’s friend that runs that house with all the artists and activists?”
Well, no.
Five years ago I turned [...]