1.  Things are very clean and organized here.  The impression is as if one has put glasses on, after being near-sighted for a long time. 2.  It’s as if we’ve gone into a different time dimension.  Our off the grid world is somewhere back in time:  People ride their mules, laden with sticks or stacks […]

Hi. Kind of a strange 24 hour period.  Settling back down into my body…maybe…do you ever have that experience?  When things get too wonky and weird, do you ever find that you kind of float away and out of your body and present world, not into an intentionally created Soul observing place, but more like […]

Here I am, off the grid..and often, speaking about all of the amazingly great things about not having 24/7 access to phone, internet, no electricity, etc.  But I just want to stop for a moment and send a shout out to the Modern World of Technology, because there are some truly incredible aspects to our […]

http://ecoretreatsdr.com/ That’s my Mom in the pic, Connie Lister, who would have turned 78 today, if she had not died in 2002. She is with me still. In my heart. She makes her presence known once in a while, via secret coded songs we shared, or with the starfish theme. She was a teacher, and […]

About twenty of us, including several joyful children, were together at the farm for a group weekend.  As hoped, the group was able to use the new kitchen and dining room for cooking and sharing our meals.  All around the kitchen, continued finishing touches were ongoing, thus the scene throughout the weekend often looked like […]

Things are bustling around the farm:  The new kitchen is imminently finished.  Katiuska has been working on finishing touches non-stop and really hopes that this weekend our group will be able to cook and share a meal or two in the new dining room. Jose and Marin have been literally building screens and a door […]

Hi Friends, wherever you are…. Just for everyone to know I’m HERE! When I have had some computer time, I’m working on the Eco-RetreatsDR website..under construction and coming soon! I can’t wait to show you.  Please excuse a few less posts here as I spend time at the website.  I’ll be back, for sure. Our […]

Hi again:)  I want to share a few pics from the lovely Dominican beach we’ve been playing beside, and inside, for the past couple of days.  Sofia is playing in the ocean here with one of her new friends, Ava.  The water is perfect:  Aquamarine, warm, clear, soothing. Here I am in the pool with […]

After our family attended the Monday night group meeting in Santo Domingo, we stayed overnight and then drove about 90 minutes outside of the city to an area called Bayahibe, known as a quaint fishing village with some of the best beaches in the country.  We decided to stay in another “all inclusive” hotel.  I’d […]

This is a bit hard to see, but worth peering into the photo a bit.  On our way to school, I was telling you about the many kids that hitch a ride to town, down the pot-filled rain and soggy dirt road.  This truck has picked up – I’m not quite sure, I couldn’t get […]