Lost and Found in the Valley

By Emily Grubman (excerpted from Communities #202, Spring 2024, pages 16-17; see illustrated layout in pdf format here) The following is adapted from a blog entry titled “Letter *to* Lost Valley” posted September 11, 2023 at...

Journey To and Through Communities

By Riana Good (excerpted from Communities #202, Spring 2024, pages 10-12; see illustrated layout in pdf format here) It was July of 2016, a damp, cool day in the foothills of the White Mountains. I poured a steaming mug of tea and nestled into a pale, overstuffed...

Communities #202: Finding Community

Communities #202 Spring 2024 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. In Communities #202, Finding Community, authors reflect on personal journeys and offer guidance on finding a wide array of different forms of community, from residential intentional community...

The Ecstatic Communion and Revelatory Foibles of Sun House

Review By Chris Roth (excerpted from Communities #201, Winter 2023, pages 50-57; see illustrated layout in pdf format here) Sun House David James Duncan Little, Brown & Company, 2023, 784 pages. I love this book. I rarely read, let alone recommend, 784-page...
Change, Challenge, and New Directions in Cohousing

Change, Challenge, and New Directions in Cohousing

By Karen Gimnig Resilient communities must adapt to change. The Cohousing Association of the United States, as a community of communities, is no different. Change is all around us and within us. The factors that lead to a successful cohousing movement, and even the...