Monthly Archives: December 2008

Cohousing in the news

I received a Happy Holidays e-card yesterday from CoHousing Partners (the cohousing development firm headed by Katie McCamant, who I brought to Northfield in November for a couple of cohousing educational events, along with her husband, architect Chuck Durrett of McCamant & Durrett Architects). The card included some cohousing news, including a link to a [...]

Jacobsens reap a windy harvest

I miss seeing Rollie Jacobsen’s smiling face when I shop at Just Food (no offense to all the other smiling faces I still enjoy seeing!). The long-time pillar of the local retail community’s stint at Just Food was preceded by many years of service at Jacobsen’s Family Store, of which he was a third-generation owner [...]

Gliding through the Arb

I love visiting Carleton’s Arb in any season, but have a particular fondness for the snowy months when I can ski to my heart’s content on the Arb’s many miles of beautiful, gently rolling trails. I’ve been cross country skiing in the Arb since about 1969, and never tire of the ever-changing mosaic of fields, [...]