July 2012
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Summer Commune's updated FAQ
What’s a Summer Commune?
It’s a diverse & temporary intentional community. It’s like summer camp but with more potlucks and no curfew. It’s a utopian social experiment.
Summer Commune will bring an assortment of people to a small town for two months, where participants will collaborate & work independently to create new art, new media, new technology, and new ideas for a new society....
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and the livin's easy.
Hey y’all,
Summer Commune is still on for one more month! It’s not too late to list your apartment on Air B&B, it’s not too late to find a place to rent for a week or two in Moscow.
We’ve been busy — camping at Moose Creek, swimming in a blue lagoon, speaking at PechaKucha, jamming at the Moose Lodge, reading at Book People and on the radio — and we’ve got the next month to camp, hike,...
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“A recent Associated Press article pointed out that, for the first time since...”
– The Inlander: Communal Vibe
Very real material reasons for Summer Commune
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Get out of the Commune if you can't stand the heat
Hey y’all,
People keep asking us, “What do you guys do exactly?”
Answer: Some of us spend our days working via the internets (shout out to One World), some of us have jobs here, & some of us are hanging out. We hang out at bars, on farms, and on porches. We volunteer in town sometimes. We’re learning about 60s radicalism, organic farming, Idaho geology, mandolin, and...
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Your Guide to Palousey Weekend Excursions!
The Hobo Cedar Grove. Photo courtesy Charles Pezeshki.
Here’s a brief roundup of where to take in the area’s great outdoors. The Palouse and surrounding natural reserves offer every type of natural diversion. Below are some of the most interesting I’ve heard about:
GARNET MINE
Idaho and India are the only two places in the world where the rare Star Garnet can be found, from...
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ahs22 asked: So what do you guys do exactly? I've always been interested in this commune concept.
Enjoy our Facebook presence →
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On how teams can work from Summer Commune →
I spent the first night on the road to Summer Commune alone at a Motel 6 in a KFC parking lot. The next day I drove north towards Portland, where I spent a few nights at an old friend’s house (which is neither a Motel 6 nor a KFC parking lot.)
Elise works in the nonprofit sector, and it was good to get her insight into Summer Commune. She didn’t know if Summer Commune was actually for her,...
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On Criticism
A few years ago I wrote an essay about my mother that had all the elements of a good drama: Long Island women, alcoholism, do-gooder daughter with a secret rebellious streak, and Michael Jackson. It was, quite frankly, the shit. Or so I thought. When I shared it with my writing group in Buenos Aires where I was living at the time, the response was largely underwhelming. My American friends...
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“The present hysteria is not a necessary or inevitable condition of life; it’s...”
– “The Busy Trap” via NYT
