From ashley at svionline.org Wed Jan 9 12:41:30 2008 From: ashley at svionline.org (ashley ironwood) Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:41:30 -0600 Subject: [Sviannouncements] we need your help! Message-ID: greetings, friends! happy new year! patrick and i just returned from a couple of weeks away, celebrating the holidays with family and friends. now it's back to work and... WE'RE ACTIVATING THE NETWORK! ? ? as you know, we're building a meeting hall, dance hall, conference center structure here at moonshadow - and if there was ever a time when we needed visitors to help with the mission of sequatchie valley institute - IT'S NOW! ? ? we have gotten to a point in our post and beam construction where we cannot keep it protected from the rain - we have to get a roof on it or the elements will damage the work we've been doing for the last 6 months! this means that we have two-three more months of work ahead of us - the more hands we have, the sooner we'll be ready for rain (and we do need rain). we have all of our materials on site - we need bodies! ? ? we don't just need help building - we need help with childcare, cooking, cleaning - the works! if you can help with any of those things, then both patrick and i can be building. ? ? patrick has been on the phone all morning talking with folks about coming. so far we have a small group of folks who are excited about it - some will come for a weekend, some have committed a week - one just told us he could come for a month! so it looks like we're going to be having fun!! we are able to pay you for your gas to get here and room and board while you're here. please pass the word on to anyone you think might be interested in being a part of this exiting project! if you have a network that you can send this email on to - we'd greatly appreciate it. we look forward to hearing from you! after the roof is up we'll have a giant dance party for those who helped make it happen - so join us - we'd love to have you! thanks! - ashley and the moonshadow crew please note my new email address ************************************ ashley ironwood sequatchie valley institute 1233 cartwright loop whitwell, tn 37397 423-949-5922 ashley at svionline.org www.svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: IMGP2107.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 22471 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ashley at svionline.org Tue Jan 29 20:04:04 2008 From: ashley at svionline.org (ashley ironwood) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:04:04 -0600 Subject: [Sviannouncements] january building update Message-ID: <5529500C-C5B5-4753-9D63-16E914715D72@svionline.org> greetings, friends! well, we got back into it mid-january with a super-great work-weekend full of positive energy and lots of progress. we got over half of the posts up on the second floor and had enough strong backs to lift all of the beams into place. that's the kind of work we just can't do alone - it's really taking a community to build this community structure! special thanks to trae and his dad-in-love, jerry, for their help that weekend. kelsey, noah and ryan showed up just in time to help lift beams, too! ? ? ? all of the beams were in place on their braces, waiting to be notched in over the next quiet week... it was cold - BUT IT WASN'T RAINING! much thanks to anne and her son, ravi, for helping us in the kitchen and playing with sage and anakeesta while we worked. ? ? patrick, alex, ashley and bradley got the beams in place and began notching the floor joists... johnny milled the rafter beams - i even learned how to use the chainsaw... thanks, marjorie rose, for hanging out with the kids! ? here's a new perspective for you - gives you an idea of where the structure is and it's size - and we still have one more level to go: ? ? then the rains came again and the great cover-it dance ensued... while it was raining a whole crew of folks joined us planning a very full week of progress. and progress was what happened - in abundance! anthony and paul came from indiana with many skills and an incredible work ethic. horrace and sasha were the fairy queen and king of large and delicious lunches, all the while keeping an eye on all of the kids - including two of their own - and the kids played hard! the weekend brought more folks - lots of them - we counted 13 kids and 13 adults at one point - it was amazing. jon cable brought his tools and his fearless attitude - he got sent out to the edges a lot. the harlins came from chattanooga - tadd helped build, marissa cooked a huge meal for everyone and they added to the kid count by 4. bradley helped build while nada and logan did their thang. joel jumped right in the building process and michelle and lannea watched in awe as the chaos swirled around them. thanks, marjorie rose, for being with nana so alex could build. thanks, michelle, marissa and nada, for hanging out with the kids... it was a party! ? ? ? ? ? ? now - check this out! all of the floor joists are done - ready for the third floor... and the rafters on the side are almost ready for a roof. we can hardly believe how much we got done in such a short period of time... i'm exhausted! ? ? so, now it's raining again - the structure is all tucked in - ? ? ? patrick is at his desk mumbling about weather reports, making plans to roll up the sides of the tarps to finish the side roofs during the breaks in the rain next week... thank goodness the rain will stop before too late tonight so he can get some sleep... alex just called to find out how the tarps are holding up... beau is home now and has already put in a couple of full days of work - he's planning to rip all of the wood needed for the second floor by the time the rain ends. and here i am asking you again for your help. we'd love to have you here - building, cooking, cleaning, childcare. if we could get the roof on this thing - ahhhh, we would all breathe a HUGE sigh of relief. we're willing to help with your travel expenses - and room and board are on svi. there's something for everyone who wants to help. some jobs mean just sitting around: ? some jobs simply need a few more hands! ? ? it's a ton of fun - let us know if you can join us. thanks, ashley and the moonshadow crew please note my new email address ************************************ ashley ironwood sequatchie valley institute 1233 cartwright loop whitwell, tn 37397 423-949-5922 ashley at svionline.org www.svionline.org please note my new email address ************************************ ashley ironwood sequatchie valley institute 1233 cartwright loop whitwell, tn 37397 423-949-5922 ashley at svionline.org www.svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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